Masekhet Sanhedrin II

Catalog description

Students will explore the multifaceted expressions of capital punishment within the Jewish judicial system and the relationship between them. Are the objectives and goals of stoning, burning, killing, and strangulation identical to or distinct from one another? What is the hierarchy between and classification of these various methods, and what does that indicate about the individual violations that result in each of the forms of punishment? Finally, this course will focus on individual violations that are subject to capital punishment and will provide the student with a sharpened understanding of each prohibitions nature and severity which results in their respective punishment.