Theos-Talk Archives (September 2004 Message tt00690)

John, this is an interesting association. Actually the word you are 
thinking is, as far as I have seen, is transliterated as "Nasi," a 
title which, as you say, is usually translated as "President." The 
Nasi presided over the Sanhedrin. At one period the Sanhedrin had two 
leaders, a President and a Vice President, so to speak. The Talmud, 
particularly the book, "Sanhedrin," has lots of material concerning the 
Sanhedrin, its leaders and how it functioned. From what I have read of 
this material, I must conclude that the leaders of the Sanhedrin, for 
the most part, genuinely sought for justice, and exercised a great deal 
of compassion and wisdom. These are not the words that I would use to 
characterize the NAZI party during the period they presided over Germany. 
-jhe

samblo@cs.com wrote:

> Frank,
> Being ignorant of the obscurities of Hitler and all that I do have 
> comment. I recall reading years ago on a topic having nothing to do with modern times 
> that the President of the Sanhedrin of Israel in ancient times bore the 
> explicit Title of "NazI." I always considered it a most curious twist that Hitler 
> and his criminal sociopaths choose the dame term to make use of.
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> John 
> PS: I am typing these current posts holding one eye closed as I had Cataract 
> surgery on the 21st.
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