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Roman Legal Procedure Pertaining to the New Testament
Title
Roman Legal Procedure Pertaining to the New Testament
Publication Type
Chart
Year of Publication
2002
Authors
Welch, John W. (Primary), and Hall, John F. (Primary)
Number
4-7
Publisher
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies
City
Provo, UT
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Bibliographic Citation
Welch, John W., and Hall, John F. "Roman Legal Procedure Pertaining to the New Testament", Vol. 4-7.
Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2002.
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Abstract
Roman law gave order to life in the world of the New Testament. Chart 4-7 lists some of the basic aspects of Roman law and suggests some of the ways they would have been pertinent to legal cases involving Jesus and Paul.
The Roman civil and criminal laws would have applied only to Roman citizens, but the Ius Gentium would have regulated commercial affairs even in Judea or Galilee. Governors, but not lesser magistrates such as Pilate, would have held the broad legal powers of imperium.
Roman officials could hear cases involving non-citizens under their extraordinary jurisdiction, cognitio extra ordinem. Cases could either be convened in the town of a person’s domicile or in the locale where the infraction occurred. Rights of appeal were limited.
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