The Babylonian Talmud
By Translated by Michael L. Rodkinson
Book 9 - Volume 17
Tract Shebuoth (Oaths)
Table of Contents
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Synopsis of
Subjects of
Tract Shebuoth
(Oaths) |
Chapter 1 |
Rules and
Regulations
Concerning Oaths
to Which is
Attached the
Liability of a
Sin-offering or
Stripes.--the
Conditions of
Liability As
Determined by
the Time of
Remembering or
Forgetting the
Oath.--Which
Oaths are or are
not Atoned For
by Private and
Congregational
Sacrifices and
Also by the Day
of
Atonement.--Illustrations
of the Two Kinds
of Oaths
Subdivided into
Four |
Chapter 2 |
Rules and
Regulations
Concerning the
Cognition of
Defilement; Its
Two Kinds,
Subdivided into
Four, and their
Illustrations.--the
Ceremonial
Accompanying the
Consecration of
the Extensions
Built in the
Court-Yard of
the Temple, and
in Jerusalem in
General.--Illustrations
of Positive
Commandments
that Do or Do
not Entail
Liability |
Chapter 3 |
Rules and
Regulations
Concerning the
Oath-Transgression
Considered As
Referring to
Both Past and
Future.--the
Determination of
the Size or
Quantity of the
Object Regarding
Which the Oath
is Made.--the
Wording of the
Oath.--is or is
not Drinking
included in
Eating (to Which
the Oath Refers)
and Vice
Versa?--Does or
Does not the
Repeated Stating
of the Oath
Entail a
Separate
Liability.--to
What Acts or
Words the Oath
Relates.--Oaths
Made by
Compulsion.--Oaths
Concerning the
Fulfilling or
Ignoring of a
Commandment. |
Chapter 4 |
Rules and
Regulations
Concerning the
Witness-Oath:
Who is or is not
Responsible
therefor; How
the Place Where
Such is Made
(Within or
Without the P.
Iv Court)
Determines Its
Liability; If
Made
intentionally.--the
Laws of
Adjuration.--Two
Parties of
Witnesses
Contradicting
Each Other-For
Which of the
Divine Names and
Attributes (When
Used in An Oath)
One is Culpable |
Chapter 5 |
Rules and
Regulations
Concerning the
Depository Oath:
Who is or is not
Fit to Take It;
Where the Denial
of the Deposit
by Oath Must
Take Place; the
Conditions
Determining the
Liability to Be
Either One or
For Each Article
Separately; in
Which Respect
Such Oath is
More Rigorous
Than the Witness
Oath |
Chapter 6 |
Rules and
Regulations
Concerning the
Circumstances
Under Which the
Court Gives An
Oath to One of
the
Contestants.--the
Nature of the
Claim and of Its
Partial
Admission.--Which
Admission is or
is not Regarded
As Corresponding
With the
Claim.--the
Cases Where the
Claim is For
Movables and the
Admission For
Immovables, or
Vice Versa.--Who
are or are not
Fit to Enter a
Claim Which
Entails An
Oath-the Form of
the Oath and the
introduction
thereto Used by
the Court, As
Well As the Kind
of Sacred Object
One Must Hold
When Taking the
Claim.--Articles
the Claim to
Which Entails No
Oath.--the
Conditions Under
Which Either An
Oath Must Be
Taken For a Lost
Pledge or the
Value thereof
Must Be Paid |
Chapter 7 |
Rules and
Regulations
Concerning the
Conditions Under
Which the Oath
is Given to the
Plaintiff or to
the
Defendant.--Regarding
a Suspect of
Perjury.--the
Difference
Between a
Biblical and a
Rabbinical
Oath.--is or is
not a Rabbinical
Oath
Transferable?--the
Oath of orphans
(Plaintiff or
Defendant),
Partners,
Gardeners.--the
Cases When the
Sabbathic Year
Releases One
From An Oath |
Chapter 8 |
Rules and
Regulations
Concerning the
Four Kinds of
Bailees: the
Conditions Under
Which they are
to Pay or to
Take An
Oath.--What is
An Uttered Oath,
a Vain Oath, a
False
Oath.--Cases
Illustrating the
Various Claims
Regarding the
Four Kinds of
Bailees |
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