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49.
50. 5. 52.
-“Death, Thou Shalt Die: Reform Judaism and Capital Punishment,” Journal of
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San. 37b; Sota 8b: Ket. 30a. The texts indicate that such defendants were turned over for decapitation, the form of execution prescribed for murder. San.9: 1; Mechilta to Exodus 21:12.
. De Sola Pool, supra, note 10, pp. 47-50; Blidstein, supra, note 12, pp-170-71:
. San. 6:4, 7:2; Tos.San. 9:5, 9:11; San. 46a, 52b; Git . 57a; Kid. 80a; Ber.58a.
. San. 46a; J. Chag. 2:14, 78a.
. Kid. 80a.
. Ibid.
. San. 37b.
. M.San. 6:4.
- Ep.ad.African. Par.14. Juster, L.C.,p. 151, note 2. Cited by De Sola Pool, supra
41-42.
42. Teshuwvot ha-Rosh, k’lal 17, no. 8. 43. Teshuvot ha-Rosh, k’lal 16, no. 1. . Yad. Hikhot Hobel u’Mazik 8:2.
De Sola Pool, supra pp. 48-50.
.“Lithuania, ” The Jewish Encyclopedia , vol. 8(New York , 1904), p. 129. . Jacob M. Ginsberg, Mishpatim LeYisrael(Jerusalem , 1956), p- 26. . Haim H. Cohn. “Capital Purnshment,” Encyclopedia Judaica , vol. 5(Jerusalem ,
1972), p. 144.
Rambam holds that capital punishment is mandatory. Others understand the gentile courts to have discretionary authority in this regard. See Bleich, Pp. 344-347,
Ibid.
Ibid.
Book 3, chapter 40; Bleich, pp. 365-66.
Reform Judaism, Spring(1983): 1-10.
. Norton, 1974.
Ber. 7a.