Synopsis of Contents

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I.

The Jurisdiction of the Various Courts: M. i. 1-2, 5; T. i. 1-4, 11

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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)

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Cases which must be tried by the Lesser Sanhedrin: M. i. 4; T. iii. 1-3

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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)

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Concerning the number of members in the Greater and Lesser Sanhedrins: M. i. 6; T. iii. 7-11

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The duties and restrictions relating to the high-priest: M. ii. 1; T. iv. 1

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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)

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II.

Judicial Procedure: M. iii. 1-55; T. v. 1-ix. 4

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Those who are eligible and those who are ineligible as judges or witnesses: M. iii. 1-5; T. v. 1-5a

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Method of legal procedure in non-capital cases: M. iii. 6-8; T. v. 5b-vii. 2e

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Differences in legal procedure distinguishing capital from non-capital cases: M. iv. 1-2; T. vii. 2b-7

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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

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The method of admonishing witnesses in capital cases: M. iv. 5; T, viii. 3-9

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The method of legal procedure in capital cases: M. v. 1-5; T. ix. 1-4

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The Four Capital Punishments: M. vi. 1-7, 3; T. ix. 5-11

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The carrying out of the sentence of stoning; M. vi. 1-4a; T. ix. 5-6a

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The hanging and ultimate disposal of the corpse: M. vi. 4b-6; T. ix. 6b-9

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The other forms of death penalty: burning, decapitation, and strangulation: M. vii. 1-3; T. ix. 10-11.

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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

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A.--Those who are punishable by stoning: M. vii. 4-viii. 5; T. x. i-xii. 8

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1-6. Those guilty of incestuous and unnatural crimes: M. 4b; T. x. 1-2

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7. The blasphemer: M. vii. 5

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8. The idolater: M. vii. 6; T. x. 3

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9. He who offers his children to Moloch: M. vii. 7a; T. x. 4-5

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10-11. The Ba‘al ‘Ob, and the Yidd‘oni: M. 7b; T. x. 6-7

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12. The Sabbath-breaker: M. vii. 8a

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13. He who curses his parents: M. vii. 8b

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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(Irregular justice: M. ix. 6)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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6. The adulterer: M. xi. 66

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

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