Note 111 — Jewish Attitude Towards Capital Punishment
Reading edition
Their use of the phrase “worthy of death” applied to such mild offenders as the scholar with stained clothing (Sabb. 104a), is naturally to be understood as an emphatic hyperbole.
Reading edition
Their use of the phrase “worthy of death” applied to such mild offenders as the scholar with stained clothing (Sabb. 104a), is naturally to be understood as an emphatic hyperbole.