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Tractate Sanhedrin, Mishnah and Tosefta · Sacred Texts

Tractate Sanhedrin, Mishnah and Tosefta

51 entries · 7 sections

by Herbert Danby

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Jurisdiction of the Various Courts

Cases which can be tried by Three Judges Cases which must be tried by the Lesser Sanhedrin Cases which must be tried by the Greater Sanhedrin Concerning the Number of Members in the Greater and Lesser Sanhedrins The Duties and Restrictions relating to the High-Priest The Duties and Restrictions relating to the King

II. Judicial Procedure

Those who are Eligible and those who are Ineligible as Judges or Witnesses The Method of Legal Procedure in Non-Capital Cases Differences in Legal Procedure distinguishing Capital from Non-Capital Cases The Arrangement of the Court, and the Method adopted for adding to the Number of the Judges The Method of admonishing Witnesses in Capital Cases The Method of Legal Procedure in Capital Cases

III. The Four Capital Punishments

The Carrying out of the Sentence of Stoning The Hanging and Ultimate Disposal of the Corpse The other Forms of Death Penalty: Burning, Decapitation, and Strangulation

IV. Offenders Liable to Capital Punishment

A. Those Who Are Punishable By Stoning:1-6. Those Guilty of Incestuous and Unnatural Crimes 7. The Blasphemer 8. The Idolater 9. He who offers his Children to Moloch 10-11. The Ba‘al ‘Ob and the Yidd‘oni 12. The Sabbath-breaker 13. Who curses His Parents 14. The Seducer of a Betrothed Damsel 15. The Beguiler to Idolatry 16. He who leads a Town astray 17. The Sorcerer 18. The Stubborn and Rebellious Son The Housebreaker Those who may be killed untried B. Those Who Are Punishable By Burning C. Those Who Are Punishable By Decapitation:1. The Murderer Irregular Justice

Interpolated Section

Those Who have no Share in the World to Come

Those Punishable By Decapitation (continued)

(2) The Members of a Beguiled City D. Those Who Are Punishable By Strangulation:(1) Who strikes his Father or Mother (2) Who steals a Soul from Israel (3) The Elder who defies the Court (4) The False Prophet (5) He who prophesies in the Name of a False God (6) The Adulterer (7) The False Witnesses against a Priest's Daughter Index To Biblical Quotations In Mishnah And Tosefta Rabbinical Authorities Mentioned or Quoted in Text General Index Advertisements