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Mishnah and Tosefta

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Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2008
Subject:
History, Ancient history (non-classical to 500 CE), Religion
Length:
3,912 words

Literally, “oral teaching” from Hebrew sh-n-h, “to repeat,” Mishnah refers to a collection of laws, which rapidly became standard

Mishnah

Mishnah   Reference library

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2003
Subject:
Religion
Length:
71 words

(Heb., ‘teaching’).

The Jewish oral law, and in particular, the collection of oral law compiled by Judah ha-Nasi.

Mishnah

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A Concise Companion to the Jewish Religion

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2003
Subject:
Religion
Length:
491 words

‘Teaching’, the digest of the Oral Torah compiled by Rabbi Judah the Prince around the end of the second and

Mishnah

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The Oxford Companion to the Bible

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2004
Subject:
Religion
Length:
449 words

A law code brought to closure ca. 200 CE, the Mishnah is the first document of rabbinic Judaism. Its

Mishnah

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A Dictionary of the Bible (2 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2010
Subject:
Religion
Length:
88 words

Rabbinic law as collected and organized into categories about 200 ce. It represented the culmination of the oral tradition

Mishnah

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The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2010
Subject:
History, Early history (500 CE to 1500)
Length:
106 words

Canonical collection of rabbinical traditions redacted by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi (‘the Prince’) in the 3rd century; also, the foundational text

MISHNAH

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The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion (2 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2011
Subject:
Religion
Length:
1,299 words

(; oral instruction), oral law compilation dating from approximately 200 ce, which serves as the foundation text for Talmudic law and tradition. The Hebrew verb ...

Mishnah

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Martin David Goodman

The Oxford Classical Dictionary (4 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2012
Subject:
Classical studies, History
Length:
589 words
a collection of legal opinions which became the foundation document of rabbinic Judaism. Compiled in c. ad 200 in Palestine by the patriarch Judah haNasi and his school, the ... More
Mishnah

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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2006
Subject:
Language reference, History of English, Literature, Literary theory and cultural studies
Length:
33 words

an authoritative collection of exegetical material embodying the oral tradition of Jewish law and forming the first part of the Talmud. The name is from Hebrew ...

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