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‎Archeology

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‎Current Leadership in Jewish Law

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Etymologically, Sanhedrin is a late Hebrew representation of the Greek word synedrion συνέδριον meaning "sitting together" as a legislative assembly or Senate.

It is interesting to note that several aspects of the U.S. Senate, including the semi-circle seating of the senators, were derived from the Jewish Sanhedrin by the Founding Fathers of the U.S. Constitution. The Jewish Sanhedrin is a governmental body that resembles aspects of both the U.S. Senate and the Supreme Court.

The make-up of the council includes a President - Nasi, Chancellor - Av beis din, and sixty-nine general members who all sit in the form of a semi-circle when in session. Decisions are made by majority vote. The constitution of seventy-one is to preclude the possibility of a tie. Members of the Sanhedrin are not elected, nor is their position permanent. Any scholar, at any time, may gain a place on the legislature by proving a greater level of scholarship in Jewish Law than a current member of the legislature.

* [[Historical Overview|Secular and religious history of the Jewish Sanhedrin]]
* [[Newly discovered ruins of the Sanhedrin at Tiberias (Spring 2005)]]
* [[Archaeological program to explore all ten locations of the Sanhedrin]]

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 * [[Newly discovered ruins of the Sanhedrin at Tiberias]] (Spring 2005)
 * [http://www.telyavne.com/ Archaeological program to explore all ten locations of the Sanhedrin]
 ==References==

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 * [[Fundamental Documents defining the Sanhedrin]]
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-It is interesting to note that several aspects of the U.S. Senate, including the semi-circle seating of the senators, were derived from the Jewish Sanhedrin by the Founding Fathers of the U.S. Constitution.  The Jewish Sanhedrin is a governmental body that resembles aspects of both the U.S. Senate and the Supreme Court.
+==Fundamental Documents==
-The make-up of the council includes a President - Nasi, Chancellor - Av beis din, and sixty-nine general members who all sit in the form of a semi-circle when in session. Decisions are made by majority vote. The constitution of seventy-one is to preclude the possibility of a tie.  Members of the Sanhedrin are not elected, nor is their position permanent.  Any scholar, at any time, may gain a place on the legislature by proving a greater level of scholarship in Jewish Law than a current member of the legislature.
+* [[Fundamental Documents]]
 * [[Historical Overview|Secular and religious history of the Jewish Sanhedrin]]
-* [[Newly discovered ruins of the Sanhedrin at Tiberias (Spring 2005)]]
+* [[The Title Nasi in Jewish Tradition]]
-* [[Archaeological program to explore all ten locations of the Sanhedrin]]
+* [[The Sanhedrin in Rabbinic & Greek Sources]]