21stcenturyjudaism

The Distinction between Premeditated and Unintentional Homicide

If the TaNaKh, Israel’s Foundational Literature, had nothing to say to the moment we are living, it certainly would not merit much of our attention. But it does, and what it says informs how Israel thinks and behaves. Chapter 35 of Bamidbar deals with the distinction made in biblical criminal law between premeditated and unintentional […]