Difference between revisions of "Burning"

<p> <strong> [[Burning]] </strong> . See Crimes and Punishments, § <strong> 11 </strong> . </p>

== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_28539" /> ==

<p> (the representative of many [[Hebrew]] words). Burning alive is a punishment of ancient date, which was not originated, though retained by Moses. Thus, when Judah was informed that his daughter-in-law [[Tamar]] was pregnant, he condemned her to be burnt (&nbsp;Genesis 38:24), although the sentence was not executed. Burning was commanded to be inflicted on the daughters of priests who should prove unchaste (&nbsp;Leviticus 21:9). and upon a man who should marry both the mother and the daughter (&nbsp;Leviticus 20:14). The rabbins suppose that this burning consisted in pouring melted lead down the throat, a notion which may be considered as merely one of their dreams. Many ages afterward we find the [[Babylonians]] or Chaldaeans burning certain offenders alive (&nbsp;Jeremiah 29:22; &nbsp;Daniel 3:6), and this mode of punishment was not uncommon in the East, even in the seventeenth century. Sir J. Chardin says, "During the dearth in 1688, I saw ovens heated on the royal square in Ispahan to terrify the bakers, and deter them from deriving advantage from the general distress." (See [[Punishment]]). </p> <p> Burning at the stake has in all ages been the frequent fate of [[Christian]] martyrs (q.v.). (See Auto-Da-Fe). </p>

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<ref name="term_96488"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/burning Burning from Webster's Dictionary]</ref>

<ref name="term_28539"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/burning Burning from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>