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Preliminary Material -- The Title Nasi in Jewish Tradition -- The Sanhedrin in Rabbinic and Greek Sources -- The Titles Ab bet din, Ḥakam, and Mufla -- The Removals of the Sanhedrin from Jabneh to Usha -- The Offices of the Nasi -- Jesus, Paul, and the Sanhedrin -- On the Reliability of the Rabbinic Sources -- Capital Cases Outside Jerusalem -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index of Authors and Sources -- Index of Subjects -- Addenda and Corrigenda.