NOtwithstanding this Subject relates also to the Polity of the Hebrews, we treat of it separately because it is one of the most curious, and many have written upon it.
See first of all our Dissertation on the Penalties of the old Hebrews, before our Comment upon Deuteronomy.
The Reader may likewise consult Fabricius, ch. xv. numb. 14. of his Bibliographia, where he distinguishes four sorts of Punishments in use among the Hebrews; namely, Burning Alive, Stoning, Strangling, and Executing with the Sword, which was looked upon as the most infamous. We should add the Custom of Hanging a Man who had been stoned, of Crucifying, and Scourging, &c.
Theodori Dassovii Dissertatio de suspendio hominis lapidibus obruti. Wittemberg, 1694. See his Title in the Index.
Claudii Salmasii & Justi Lipsii de Cruce. These two Treatises have been printed several times, and in several Forms. That of Salmasius, at Amsterdam, 1647, in 8vo. at London, 1650, in 8vo. That of Lipsius, with Notes by George Calixtus, at Brunswick, 1641, in 4to.
Hieronym. Magii de Equuleo, with Notes by Godfry Jungermain, at Amsterdam, 1664, in 12mo. and with Antony Galonius’s Treatise de Instrumentis, or Cruciatibus Martyrum, at Hanover, 1601. in 8vo. at Paris, 1659, in 4to. Magius was of Tuscany, a Lawyer.
Campegii Vitringæ, Archi-Synagogus. In the 16th Chapter of this Book he treats of Scourging, which they who violated the Law were condemned to suffer in the Synagogue. It was inflicted by fastening the Patient to a Pillar, and scourging him before he was crucified. They knew the Number of the Stripes they were to give him.
There was besides, the Punishment of Exile and Excommunication, concerning which all the Authors may be seen who are cited by Fabricius, in the Place which we have mentioned.