Tractate Sanhedrin, of Seder Nezikin ("Order of Damages"), governs the Jewish judicial system across eleven chapters: the composition and selection of courts, the taking of testimony, and monetary, corporal and capital punishment. Its tenth chapter, known as perek chelek, departs from legal procedure to discuss the World to Come and who forfeits a share in it, a theological excursus embedded inside an otherwise procedural tractate.
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Identity
Position in the CanonFourth tractate of Seder Nezikin, the Talmud's fourth order. 1 Canonical Reference Canonicity (class) Literary form (class) Origins
LanguageMishnaic Hebrew and Jewish Babylonian Aramaic 1 Connections
Contained In
Source The Mishnah: A New TranslationJacob Neusner, trans.
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Originates in Language
Source The Babylonian TalmudAnonymous (multiple authors)
The tractate opens with Mishnah, composed in Mishnaic Hebrew; its Gemara, the larger part of the text, is in Aramaic.
Source The MishnahAnonymous (rabbinic compilers)
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1. The Mishnah: A New Translation
Jacob Neusner, trans., Yale University Press, 1988Tractate SanhedrinQuote, Tractate Sanhedrin
The Mishnah: A New Translation: Sanhedrin is a tractate of Jewish religious law (halakha) governing courts and judicial procedure.
The Babylonian Talmud
Anonymous (multiple authors), Soncino Press, 1935on Seder Nezikin and judicial procedureView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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