Book Study-Prager's Rational Bible

[Jason]

There is "no record of a Jewish court actually carrying out an execution" in large part because, for the bulk of Israelite history, there is no record, period. Put differently, most of what can be known with any degree of certainty deals with rabbinic jurisprudence and almost certainly reflects Babylonian, Persian, Greek, and even Roman influences.

Definitely a worthy point. Most of Jewish history (for that part, history in general) has been lost. The vacuum is obviously filled with faith claims, though. Loads of claims fill in gaps that there is no historical support for, and it happens all the time.