The Babylonian Talmud

By Translated by Michael L. Rodkinson

Book 5 - Volume 10

Tract Baba Kama (First Gate)

Table of Contents

  Title Page
  Explanatory Remarks and Copyright
  Introduction to the Three Gates of Section Jurisprudence
  Synopsis of Subjects of Vol. X.--Tract Baba Kama (The First Gate)
Chapter 1 The Four Principal Tort-Feasors; the Different Modes of Restitution; the Vicious and Non-Vicious Animals the Appraisement before the Court
Chapter 2 Rules Regulating the Principle of Viciousness; and Non-Viciousness in the Four Principal Tort-Feasors Enumerated in the First Mishna
Chapter 3 Rules Concerning Placing Vessels on Public Ground. Injuries Caused By Pedestrians to Each Other With Their Loads. The Vicious and Non-Vicious Oxen--If They Have Done Injury to Each Other or to Human Beings, Etc.
Chapter 4 Rules in Regard to Oxen Repeatedly Goring Other Oxen and Human Beings. Oxen of Orphans and Guardians and What is Considered "Guarded"
Chapter 5 Rules Concerning a Goring Ox; Excavations on Public and Private Premises; Excavations Made by Partners, Etc.
Chapter 6 Regulations Concerning the Guarding of Animals against Doing Damage. Concerning the Starting of Fire; if it Passes Over a Wall. For What Distances Passed by a Fire is the One Who Started it Liable?
Chapter 7 Rules and Regulations Concerning the Payment of Double, and Four and Five, And Collusive Witnesses; the Raising of Young Cattle in Palestine, Etc.
Chapter 8 The Five Item of Payment in Case of Injury to a Human Being, Independently of the Criminal Liability. The Liability for Assault When no Injury is Sustained