Schoftim (Parasha)
Schoftim (also: Schofetim ; Biblical Hebrew שֹׁפְטִים 'Richter' ) is a reading section ( Parascha or Sidra ) of the Torah and comprises the text Dtn / Dewarim 16.18-21.9 (16.18-22 BHS ; 17 BHS ; 18 BHS ; 19 BHS ; 20 BHS ; 21, 1-9 BHS ).
It is the cider of the 1st Shabbat in the month of Elul .
Essential content
- Appointment of judges and officials who must be incorruptible
- Prohibition of worshiping trees or stone paintings
- Stoning of idolaters
- Decision-making authority of priests and judges. Death penalty for violating this rule
- Duties of the king
- Dues to the priest
- Prohibition of child sacrifice, sorcery, divination and necromancy
- Death penalty for disobedience to the true prophet
- Death penalty for the false prophet
- Establishment of refuges
- Prohibition of moving borders
- Regulations for testimony, Talion formula "An eye for an eye"
- Conduct in times of war
- Sacrificial ritual when a slain is found
Haftara
The associated Haftara is Isa 51.12–52.12 (51.1–23 BHS ; 52.1–12 BHS ).
literature
- David Sander: Shofetim . In: Jewish Lexicon . tape IV / 2 . Jewish publishing house, Berlin 1927, Sp. 243 .
Web links
- Gesa Shira Ederberg : Schoftim - wisdom and humility. In: ark.de. General Rabbinical Conference, September 1, 2017, accessed April 28, 2018 .
- Gesa Shira Ederberg : Schoftim - Restricted power of the king. In: ark.de. General Rabbinical Conference, August 16, 2013, accessed April 28, 2018 .
- Salomon Almekias-Siegl: Schoftim - arrogance comes before the fall. In: ark.de. General Rabbinical Conference, September 4, 2014, accessed April 28, 2018 .
- Henry G. Brandt : Schoftim - judges and policemen. In: ark.de. General Rabbinical Conference, August 31, 2012, accessed April 28, 2018 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dewarim / Deuteronomy 16.18-21.9. after the Codex L . In: tanach.us. Retrieved October 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Isa 51.12-52.12. according to the Codex L. In: tanach.us. Retrieved October 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Hanna Liss: Tanach - Textbook of the Jewish Bible . 3. Edition. Universitätsverlag Winter, Heidelberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-8253-5904-1 , p. 182 (414 pp.).