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What is a Sanhedrin?

What is a Sanhedrin? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (historical) An assembly of twenty-three judges appointed in every major city in Israel.
  2. (historical) The assembly of seventy-one judges sitting in Jerusalem.
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Every member of the Sanhedrin must be ordained, following a tradition from Moses.
It is no wonder the Sanhedrin could not appreciate his oration.
The functions of the Sanhedrin were religious and moral, and also political.
It is preferable that the Sanhedrin contain Kohen-priests and Levites as members.
The Talmud tells of a disagreement in the Sanhedrin over a point of law.
The loss of the temple was a divine judgment on account of the unfaithfulness of the priests, scribes and Sanhedrin elders.

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