Editing Blasphemy (section)

===Judaism===
{{See also|List of capital crimes in the Torah}}
[[File:Schnorr von Carolsfeld Bibel in Bildern 1860 102.png|thumb|Nathan confronts [[David]] over his sex scandal with Bathsheba the wife of Uriah the Hittite, saying "by this deed you have given occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme" ([[:s:Bible (King James)/2 Samuel#Chapter 12|2 Samuel 12]]:14).]]

In {{bibleverse|Leviticus|24:16|NRSV}} the punishment for blasphemy is death. In [[Halakha|Jewish law]] the only form of blasphemy which is punishable by death is blaspheming the [[Tetragrammaton|name of the Lord]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/3354-blasphemy|title=Blasphemy|encyclopedia=JewishEncyclopedia.com}}</ref> Leviticus 24:16 states that "anyone who blasphemes the name of Yahweh will be put to death".<ref name="Netton1996"/>

The [[Seven Laws of Noah]], which Judaism sees as applicable to all people, prohibit blasphemy.<ref name="Jewishvirtuallibrary.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/The_Seven_Noahide_Laws.html|title=The Seven Noachide Laws |publisher=JewishVirtualLibrary.org|access-date=8 November 2014}}</ref>

In one of the texts of the [[Dead Sea Scrolls]], called the [[Damascus Document]], violence against non-Jews (also called [[Gentiles]]) is prohibited, except in cases where it is sanctioned by a Jewish governing authority "so that they will not blaspheme".<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia| publisher = Oxford University Press| isbn = 978-0-19-508450-4| title = Gentiles –. Oxford Reference| encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls| year = 2000| access-date = 2017-05-29| url = http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195084504.001.0001/acref-9780195084504-e-183}}{{subscription required|via=[[OUP]]}}</ref>