Capital punishment in the Bible refers to instances in the Bible where death is called for as a punishment and also instances where it is proscribed or...

Jerusalem. Capital and corporal punishment in Judaism have a complex history which has been a subject of extensive debate. The Bible and the Talmud specify...

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The position of the Catholic Church on capital punishment has varied throughout history, with the Church becoming significantly more critical of the practice...

of capital punishment where a group throws stones at a person until the subject dies from blunt trauma. It has been attested as a form of punishment for...

The Hebrew Bible is considered a holy text in most Abrahamic religions. It records a large number of events and laws that are endorsed or proscribed by...

The major world religions have taken varied positions on the morality of capital punishment and, as such, they have historically impacted the way in which...

Capital punishment in the Netherlands (Dutch: doodstraf in Nederland) was abolished in 1870 in criminal law after the States General recognized it to...

The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (/tɑːˈnɑːx/; Hebrew: תַּנַ״ךְ‎ Tanaḵ), also known in Hebrew as Miqra (/miːˈkrɑː/; Hebrew: מִקְרָא‎ Mīqrāʾ‍), is the canonical...

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slight variation of this. In the Hebrew Bible, verbs that underlie the later use of the noun form kareth refer to forms of punishment including premature death...

examples of collective punishment (of descendants) in the Bible: Ex 20:5 - "You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a...

Umar bin Hasan al-Biqa'i. The term "Bible" is not found in the Quran; instead the Quran has particular terms to refer to the Torah (توراة, Tawrah), Psalms...

observes that the Septuagint uses the term harag, and that Augustine of Hippo recognized that this did not extend to wars or capital punishment. Most subsequent...

The historicity of the Bible is the question of the Bible's relationship to history—covering not just the Bible's acceptability as history but also the...

The Hebrew Bible contains a number of references to rape and other forms of sexual violence, both in the Law of Moses, its historical narratives and its...

Narratives featuring incest can be found in the Hebrew Bible, which contains mentions of various types of sexual relationships. It also lays out rules...

described in the Bible. The book of Genesis records the descendants of Adam and Eve. The enumerated genealogy in chapters 4, 5, and 11, reports the lineal...

Women in the Bible are wives, mothers and daughters, servants, slaves and prostitutes. As both victors and victims, some women in the Bible change the course...

The Capital Punishment Amendment Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 24) received royal assent on 29 May 1868, putting an end to public executions for murder in...

The Bible is a collection of religious texts or scriptures which to a certain degree are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam...

passages in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament that have been interpreted as involving same-sex sexual activity and relationships. The passages about...

interpretation of the Bible is an interpretive method (exegesis) that assumes that the Bible has various levels of meaning and tends to focus on the spiritual...

constitutes adultery in the Hebrew Bible, and it also prescribes the punishment as capital punishment. In this verse, and in the Jewish tradition, adultery...

Ethics in the Bible refers to the system(s) or theory(ies) produced by the study, interpretation, and evaluation of biblical morals (including the moral...

The Bible is the most translated book in the world, with more translations (including an increasing number of sign languages) being produced annually....

translations of the Bible in the Old English period, there were many translations of large portions during this time. Parts of the Bible were first translated...

Alcoholic beverages appear in the Hebrew Bible, after Noah planted a vineyard and became inebriated. In the New Testament, Jesus miraculously made copious...

Capital punishment has been abolished in Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone abolished capital punishment in July 2021 following a decision by the nation's Parliament...

(born May 15, 1951) is a Filipino politician and Bible Baptist pastor who is currently serving as the representative of Manila's 6th district since 2019...