The Babylonian Talmud

By Translated by Michael L. Rodkinson

Book 9 - Volume 17

Tract Shebuoth (Oaths)

Table of Contents

  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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