Sanhedrin 56-60

Sanhedrin 56-60 [WikiNoahSanhedrin 56-60 starts and ends with a discussion of the Prohibition of Blasphemy. Embedded within this discussion is the Talmud’s main exposition of Noahide Law.]

———- Sanhedrin 56a – enumeration of the seven Noahide laws [WikiNoah]

———- Sanhedrin 56b – the prohibitions against eating the blood of a living animal, against the emasculation of animals, against sorcery, against pairing animals of different species, and against grafting trees of different kinds (Tanna debe Menasseh) [WikiNoah]

———- Sanhedrin 56b – With regard to idolatry, he can be found guilty only if he worshiped an idol in the regular form in which that particular deity is usually worshiped; while in the case of blasphemy he may be found guilty, even when he has blasphemed with one of the attributes of God’s name – an action, which, if committed by an Israelite, would not be regarded as criminal [WikiNoah]

———- Sanhedrin 57a – The many formalities of procedure essential when the accused is an Israelite need not be observed in the case of the Noachide. The latter may be convicted on the testimony of one witness, even on that of relatives, but not on that of a woman. He need have had no warning («hatra’ah») from the witnesses; and a single judge may pass sentence on him [WikiNoah]

———- Sanhedrin 57b – In the case of murder, if the Noachide slay a child in its mother’s womb, or kill a person whose life is despaired of («terefah»), or if he cause the death of a person by starving him or by putting him before a lion so that he can not escape, or if he slay a man in self-defense, the Noachide is guilty of murder and must pay the death-penalty, although under the same circumstance an Israelite would not be executed [WikiNoah]

———- Sanhedrin 58b – This proves that one’s paternal sister was forbidden to the sons of Noah [WikiNoah]

———- Sanhedrin 58b – Resh Lakish (d. 278) said, «A Gentile observing the Sabbath deserves death» [WikiNoah]

———- Sanhedrin 59a – R. Jose ben Chanina, «Every law that was enjoined upon the Noachide and was repeated at Sinai is meant to apply both to Israelites and to non-Israelites; laws that were enjoined upon the Noachide and were not repeated at Sinai apply to Israelites only.» By this principle a number of the pre-Sinaitic laws were excluded from the Noachian laws [WikiNoah]

———- Sanhedrin 59a & Chagigah 13a – Inasmuch as the Jews had their own distinct jurisdiction, it would have been unwise to reveal their laws to the non-Jews, for such knowledge might have operated against the Jews in their opponents’ courts. Hence the Talmud prohibited the teaching to a Gentile of the Torah, R. Johanan says of one so teaching: «Such a person deserves death» (an idiom used to express indignation). «It is like placing an obstacle before the blind» [WikiNoah]

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