Tractate Sanhedrin: Synopsis of Contents

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Tractate Sanhedrin, Herbert Danby tr. [1919], at sacred-texts.com

SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS

[M. = Mishnah; T. = Tosefta. ]

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I.	The Jurisdiction of the Various Courts: M. i. 1-2, 5; T. i. 1-4, 11	23
	Cases which can be tried by three judges: M. i. 1-3; T. i. 1-ii. 14 (with excursus on "Arbitration" and the intercalation of the year)	23
	Cases which must be tried by the Lesser Sanhedrin: M. i. 4; T. iii. 1-3	36
	Cases which must be tried by the Greater Sanhedrin: M, i. 5; T. iii. 4-6 (with excursus on the Second Tithe and Firstborn of Beasts)	38
	Concerning the number of members in the Greater and Lesser Sanhedrins: M. i. 6; T. iii. 7-11	42
	The duties and restrictions relating to the high-priest: M. ii. 1; T. iv. 1	46
	The duties and restrictions relating to the king: M. ii. 2-5; T. iv. 2-11 (with excursus on Ezra's Copy of the Law)	48
II.	Judicial Procedure: M. iii. 1-55; T. v. 1-ix. 4	57
	Those who are eligible and those who are ineligible as judges or witnesses: M. iii. 1-5; T. v. 1-5a	57
	Method of legal procedure in non-capital cases: M. iii. 6-8; T. v. 5b-vii. 2e	62
	Differences in legal procedure distinguishing capital from non-capital cases: M. iv. 1-2; T. vii. 2b-7	70
	The arrangement of the Court, and the method adopted for adding to the number of judges: M. iv. 3-4; T. vii. 8-viii. 2	75
	The method of admonishing witnesses in capital cases: M. iv. 5; T, viii. 3-9	78
	The method of legal procedure in capital cases: M. v. 1-5; T. ix. 1-4	82
	p. xx
III.	The Four Capital Punishments: M. vi. 1-7, 3; T. ix. 5-11	87
	The carrying out of the sentence of stoning; M. vi. 1-4a; T. ix. 5-6a	87
	The hanging and ultimate disposal of the corpse: M. vi. 4b-6; T. ix. 6b-9	90
	The other forms of death penalty: burning, decapitation, and strangulation: M. vii. 1-3; T. ix. 10-11.	93
IV.	Those who are Liable to Capital Punishment: M. vii. 4-ix. 6, and M. x. 4-xi. 6; T. x. 1-xii. 8, and T. xiv. 1-11	95
	A.--Those who are punishable by stoning: M. vii. 4-viii. 5; T. x. i-xii. 8	95
	1-6. Those guilty of incestuous and unnatural crimes: M. 4b; T. x. 1-2	96
	7. The blasphemer: M. vii. 5	98
	8. The idolater: M. vii. 6; T. x. 3	98
	9. He who offers his children to Moloch: M. vii. 7a; T. x. 4-5	100
	10-11. The Ba‘al ‘Ob, and the Yidd‘oni: M. 7b; T. x. 6-7	101
	12. The Sabbath-breaker: M. vii. 8a	101
	13. He who curses his parents: M. vii. 8b	102
	14. The seducer of a betrothed damsel: M. vii. 9; T. x. 8-10	102
	15. The beguiler to idolatry: M. vii. 10a; T. x. 11-xi. 5a	103
	16. He who leads a town astray: M. vii. 10b; T. xi. 5b	106
	17. The sorcerer: M. vii. 11; T. xi. 5c	106
	18. The stubborn and rebellious son: M. viii. 1-5; T. xi, 6-8	107
	The housebreaker: M. viii. 6; T. xi. 9	112
	Those who may be killed untried: M. viii. 7; T. xi. 10-11	113
	B.--Those who are punishable by burning: M. ix. 1a; T. xii. 1-2	114
	C.--Those who are punishable by decapitation: M. ix. 1b-6; T. xii. 3-8; and M. x. 4-6; T. xiv. 1-11	115
	1. The murderer: M. xix. 1c-5; T. xii. 3-8	115
	(Irregular justice: M. ix. 6)	119
	An interpolated section: Those who have no share in the world to come: M. x. 1-3; T. xii. 9-xiii. 12)	120
	2. The members of a beguiled city: M. x. 4-6; T. xiv. 1-11	129
	p. xxi
	D.--Those who are punishable by strangulation: M. xi. 1-6; T. xiv. 12-17	136
	1. He who strikes his father or mother: M. xi. 1c	136
	2. He who steals a soul from Israel: M. xi. 1c	137
	3. The elder who defies the Court: M. xi. 2-4; T. xiv. 12	137
	4. The false prophet: M. xi. 5; T. xiv. 13-16	139
	5. He who prophesies in the name of a false god: M. xi. 6a	141
	6. The adulterer: M. xi. 66	141
	7. The false witnesses against a priest's daughter: M. xi. 6c; T. xiv. 17	141

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14. The seducer of a betrothed damsel: M. vii. 9; T. x. 8-10

102

15. The beguiler to idolatry: M. vii. 10a; T. x. 11-xi. 5a

103

16. He who leads a town astray: M. vii. 10b; T. xi. 5b

106

17. The sorcerer: M. vii. 11; T. xi. 5c

106

18. The stubborn and rebellious son: M. viii. 1-5; T. xi, 6-8

107

The housebreaker: M. viii. 6; T. xi. 9

112

Those who may be killed untried: M. viii. 7; T. xi. 10-11

113

B.--Those who are punishable by burning: M. ix. 1a; T. xii. 1-2

114

C.--Those who are punishable by decapitation: M. ix. 1b-6; T. xii. 3-8; and M. x. 4-6; T. xiv. 1-11

115

1. The murderer: M. xix. 1c-5; T. xii. 3-8

115

(Irregular justice: M. ix. 6)

119

An interpolated section: Those who have no share in the world to come: M. x. 1-3; T. xii. 9-xiii. 12)

120

2. The members of a beguiled city: M. x. 4-6; T. xiv. 1-11

129

p. xxi

D.--Those who are punishable by strangulation: M. xi. 1-6; T. xiv. 12-17

136

1. He who strikes his father or mother: M. xi. 1c

136

2. He who steals a soul from Israel: M. xi. 1c

137

3. The elder who defies the Court: M. xi. 2-4; T. xiv. 12

137

4. The false prophet: M. xi. 5; T. xiv. 13-16

139

5. He who prophesies in the name of a false god: M. xi. 6a

141

6. The adulterer: M. xi. 66

141

7. The false witnesses against a priest's daughter: M. xi. 6c; T. xiv. 17

141