The Pentateuch inflicts capital punishment for idolatry, actual or virtual (Lev. 20:2; Deut. 13:7-19, 17:2-7).
- Wilhelm Bacher and Lewis N. Dembitz, Capital Punishment, Jewish Encyclopedia (1901), at http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=128&letter=C.
