Sanhedrin

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ancient Jewish judicial council religious legislative body

The Sanhedrin was the supreme judicial and legislative council of ancient Jewish society, traditionally based in Jerusalem and composed of leading rabbis and elders who interpreted religious law and oversaw major legal and religious matters.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Sanhedrin canonical 16
Beit Din shel Maalah 1
High Court of Jerusalem 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Jewish judicial council ⓘ
religious legislative body ⓘ
associatedWithBuilding Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
surface form: Second Temple
authorityOver lesser courts ⓘ
category Ancient Jewish institutions ⓘ
Jewish law ⓘ
Religious courts ⓘ
composedOf elders ⓘ
rabbis ⓘ
country Judea ⓘ
etymologyFrom Greek synedrion ⓘ
etymologyLanguage Greek ⓘ
function appoint judges ⓘ
decide questions of heresy ⓘ
supervise kings and high priests ⓘ
try capital cases ⓘ
governedBy Torah ⓘ
rabbinic tradition ⓘ
historicalPeriod Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
surface form: Second Temple period
jurisdiction Temple matters ⓘ
calendar and festivals ⓘ
civil law ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ
priestly conduct ⓘ
religious law ⓘ
languageOfDeliberation Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
leaderTitle Av Beit Din ⓘ
Nasi ⓘ
legalTraditionSource Oral Torah ⓘ
Torah ⓘ
surface form: Written Torah
location Jerusalem ⓘ
meaningOfName sitting together ⓘ
meetingPlace Chamber of Hewn Stone ⓘ
Jewish Temple ⓘ
surface form: Temple in Jerusalem
mentionedIn Mishnah ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ
Talmud ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
religiousLaw Halakha ⓘ
role interpretation of Torah law ⓘ
legislative authority in religious law ⓘ
oversight of major legal matters ⓘ
oversight of major religious matters ⓘ
supreme court of ancient Judaism ⓘ
sizeOfLesserSanhedrin 23 ⓘ
subdivision Sanhedrin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lesser Sanhedrin
successorConcept rabbinic courts ⓘ
traditionalAbolitionContext destruction of the Second Temple ⓘ
traditionalNumberOfMembers 71 ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rabbinic courts → historicalPrecedent → Sanhedrin ⓘ
Beit din → historicalPrecedent → Sanhedrin ⓘ
Kingdom of Jerusalem → nobleAssembly → Sanhedrin ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Court of Jerusalem
Salome Alexandra → governedWith → Sanhedrin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pharisaic council
Salome Alexandra → associatedWith → Sanhedrin ⓘ
Caiaphas → memberOf → Sanhedrin ⓘ
Rout of the Sanhedrin (mural) → depicts → Sanhedrin ⓘ
Nasi (prince) of Israel → associatedWithInstitution → Sanhedrin ⓘ
Nasi (prince) of Israel → hasAuthorityOver → Sanhedrin ⓘ
Seder Nezikin → includesTractate → Sanhedrin ⓘ
derived from Zadok → powerBase → Sanhedrin ⓘ
subject surface form: Sadducees
Heavenly court → relatedTerm → Sanhedrin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beit Din shel Maalah
Zugot → associatedWith → Sanhedrin ⓘ
Sanhedrin at Yavneh → precededBy → Sanhedrin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanhedrin in Jerusalem
Yavneh → associatedWith → Sanhedrin ⓘ
Sanhedrin → subdivision → Sanhedrin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lesser Sanhedrin
beit din → relatedConcept → Sanhedrin ⓘ
beth din → historicalPrecedent → Sanhedrin ⓘ
Rabbi Tarfon → appearsInTractate → Sanhedrin ⓘ
Shlomtzion → associatedWith → Sanhedrin ⓘ
Nicodemus → memberOf → Sanhedrin ⓘ