Sanhedrin 56-60 starts and ends with a discussion of the [[Prohibition of Blasphemy]]. Embedded within this discussion is the '''Talmud's main exposition of Noahide Law'''. To facilitate reading of the material, the material on Noahide Law in general (sections Sanhedrin 56a-60a) has been taken out of the middle of this discussion on Blasphemy and [[Sanhedrin 56a-b|placed at the beginning]].
Blasphemy: Evil or profane speaking of God. The essence of the crime consists in the impious purpose in using the words, and does not necessarily include the performance of any desecrating act.
