III. Zeus in Mishnah, Talmud and Midrash

We read in the Mishnah ¹ : “The blasphemer is not guilty unless he pronounces the name of God. R. Joshua, son of Korcha, said : ‘The whole day (as long as the examination of the witnesses lasts) we deal with the witnesses by using the expression הםוי תא הסוי הכי, “Jose smote Jose.” When judgment is promulgated, we do not sentence by using a surname, but we dismiss every one (of the audience that they should not hear the blasphemy) and say to the first witness : “Tell exactly what did you hear,” and he says it,' &c.”