Monday, November 05, 2018

Oaths by and on Scripture

DR. MOSHE BILDSTEIN: Taking an Oath While Holding a Torah Scroll (TheGemara.com).
In late Second Temple times, a person would take an oath by verbally invoking the Torah. Over time, with the emergence of the Torah as a sacred object for Jews and Christians alike, Torah scrolls began to be used in court-administered oaths.

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