TRACTATE SANHEDRIN
MISHNAH AND TOSEFTA
THE JUDICIAL PROCEDURE OF THE JEWS
AS CODIFIED TOWARDS THE END OF THE
SECOND CENTURY A.D.
TRANSLATED FROM THE HEBREW WITH BRIEF ANNOTATIONS
BY
HERBERT DANBY, M.A.
SUB-WARDEN OF ST. DEINIOL'S LIBRARY, HAWARDEN
LONDON:
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
[1919]
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This is a translation of the Talmud tractate Sanhedrin, which deals with judicial procedure, particularly relating to capital punishment. The author is a Christian academic, and the translation includes the primary text (Mishna) and the second-level commentary (Tosefta). This book is a good supplement to the Rodkinson translation of the same tractate, particularly because this version has extensive scholarly apparatus lacking in the Rodkinson translation.
¶ Index
- Introduction
- Synopsis of Contents
- I. 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
- 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:
- D. Those Who Are Punishable By Strangulation:
- A. Those Who Are Punishable By Stoning:
- Index To Biblical Quotations In Mishnah And Tosefta
- Rabbinical Authorities Mentioned or Quoted in Text
- General Index
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