The Testimony of the Evangelists, Examined by the Rules of Evidence Administered in Courts of Justice

Greenleaf, Simon. The Testimony of the Evangelists Examined by the Rules of Evidence Administered in Courts of Justice with an Appendix Containing a History of the Most Ancient Manuscript Copies of the New Testament, and a Comparison of their Text with that of the King James' Bible by Constantine Tischendorff. Also a Review of the Trial of Jesus. New York: James Cockcroft & Company, 1874. Reprinted 2001 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. xxiii, 613 pp. LCCN 00-021510. ISBN 1-58477-095-3. Cloth. $95. * Greenleaf applies the rules of evidence as espoused in his notable and widely cited work, A Treatise on the Law of Evidence, to the New Testament in an effort to determine the reliability of the testimony in the Gospels. Greenleaf [1783-1853] was a Dane Professor at Harvard University and is considered, along with Joseph Story, to be responsible for the emergence of Harvard Law School. Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection of New York University (1953) 110. Dictionary of American Biography IV: 583-584.