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Why did the Jewish crowd in Jerusalem prefer to release an armed robber charged with murder over Jesus?

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Why did the Jewish crowd in Jerusalem prefer to release an armed robber charged with murder over Jesus?

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  • Ze'ev Safrai

    Ze‘ev Safrai is Professor emeritus in the Martin Susz Department of Land of Israel Studies at Bar Ilan University in Israel. Safrai has written and edited many books, among them Haggadah of the Sages (English ed.; Jerusalem: Carta, 2009), co-authored with his father, Professor Shmuel Safrai, and The…
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