WELCOME
George R. "Bob" Dekle, Sr., retired from his position as a legal skills professor at the Levin College of Law, University of Florida, effective June 30, 2016. Dekle became a legal skills professor at the University of Florida in 2006, after retiring from the State Attorney's Office of the Third Judicial Circuit of Florida, where he served as an Assistant State Attorney from 1975 through 2005. During that time he investigated and prosecuted a wide variety of cases, from criminal mischief to capital murder. In 1986 he received the Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association's Gene Barry Memorial Award as the outstanding assistant state attorney in the state. In 1996 and 2003 he received distinguished faculty awards from the association's education committee, and upon his retirement in 2005, he was given a lifetime achievement award for his efforts in continuing education for prosecutors. Professor Dekle has served as faculty at the National Advocacy Center in Columbia, South Carolina, and has lectured to prosecutor's associations across the nation. Before becoming a prosecutor, Professor Dekle served from 1973 to 1975 as an Assistant Public Defender in the Third Judicial Circuit. Dekle's books reflect his deep interest in both trial advocacy and legal history.
Dekle has recently signed a contract with a traditional publisher to publish a book he has titled Human Jesus, Divine Christ: His Mission, His Message, His Ministry. The manuscript is due in September of this year, and the book should be published sometime next year.
The projected Table of Contents is:
FRONT MATTER:
Acknowledgements
Introduction
TEXT:
Chapter 1: What Kind of Man Was Jesus? Filling the Hole in the Gospel Story
Chapter 2: What Jesus Did—A Wandering Missionary
Chapter 3: What Jesus Said—The Law and the Good News
Chapter 4: What Jesus Said—The Pronouncement Stories
Chapter 5: What Jesus Said—The Parables
Chapter 6: What Jesus Said—The Discourses
Chapter 7: What Jesus Said—The "I AM" Sayings
Chapter 8: What Jesus Said—The Difficult Sayings
Chapter 9: The Miracles
Chapter 10: The Jerusalem Snake Pit
Chapter 11: The Triumphal Entry
Chapter 12: Which Messiah?
Chapter 13: A Temple Tantrum?
Chapter 14: The Temple Controversies, The Olivet Discourse
Chapter 15: The Prosecution Begins
Chapter 16: The Six Trials of Jesus—The Jewish Trials
Chapter 17: The Six Trials of Jesus—The Roman Trials
Chapter 18: The Crucifixion
Chapter 19: What Did It All Mean?
Chapter 20: The Resurrection
Chapter 21: The Resurrection Narratives
Chapter 22: The Divine Christ
BACK MATTER:
Appendix: A Synopsis of the Resurrection Narratives
Bibliography
Index