(November 30, 2014 at 6:24 pm)Minimalist Wrote: The "given time" is generally when it was either written or last redacted.
Since jesus freaks insist it was written by fucking god and never redacted this does not leave much room for discussion.
Nope, the stoning went out of fashion when it made the mainstream in Greek. So, as a historian, you can deduct that is rather original. They probably did the stoning for all the offenses mentioned in the bible.
See, there are two points to view the bible from. One is from the god inspired word origin. Then it's nothing more than a wad of dirty toilet paper. Or you can view it from a historical point, with being critical of your sources. Then it can actually be helpful.