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Originally Posted by Ardhanareshvara
Hi Peter, it's certainly true that i really mainly know the Christian version, was there another group in religious authority at that time?
Do you know why they received such bad press from the Christians?
Also, is rabbi a later word?
Peace to you
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The Jewish High Court aka the Sanhedrin was made up mostly of Pharisees and Sadducees.
Below is an excerpt from a Jewish website and perspective
"Rabbinic Judaism rejects any connection with the trial of Jesus with or without a "sanhedrin". Modern Judaism is called Rabbinic Judaism and claims descent from the Pharisees, a group at odds with the Sadducees. It is possible that the trial was as a Sadducean illegal court, or perhaps the details as we know them today are incomplete or inaccurate. Josephus (Ant. 20:9, etc) generally portrays the Sadducees as antagonistic to early Christianity, while the New Testament (John 3:2, Acts 5:34, etc) portrays Pharisees as being tolerant. The role of the Sadducees in trying and executing early Christians is explicitly referenced in Josephus. In 62 CE the Jewish priest and Sadducee, Ananus, convened the Sanhedrin in his house and condemned Yaakov [James], half-brother of Yeshua, who is then summarily executed.[Josephus, ibid]"