THE MISHNAH. Translated from the Hebrew With Introduction and Brief Explanatory Notes

Danby, Herbert

ISBN 10: 1598569023 / ISBN 13: 9781598569025

Published by Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Mass., 2016

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This work describes the Mishnah as a deposit of four centuries of Jewish religious and cultural activity in Palestine, beginning at some uncertain date (possibly during the earlier half of the second century B.C.) and ending with the close of the second century A.D. The book contains a list of abbreviations, appendices, a glossary, tables, alphabetical list of abbreviated titles of the tractates of the Mishnah, an index of Biblical passages quoted in the text of the Mishnah, and a general index. This copy is clean and solid. Appears to be unread.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE MISHNAH. Translated from the Hebrew With Introduction and Brief Explanatory Notes
• Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, Mass.
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1598569023
• ISBN 13: 9781598569025
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

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Synopsis

The Mishnah is the written form of the Jewish Oral Law, as preserved by the Rabbis of the first few centuries after the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in the first century. It is the sum of four centuries of Jewish religious activity in Palestine.

Much of its contents reflect the Jewish religious tradition current at the time of Christ and the early Christian Church. Up until the printing of this volume, the Mishnah was not available for the layman to study as a whole. It is of interest to persons studying early Judaism and the relationship of the oral traditions to Christ and the New Testament writings.

The Mishnah's historical value is comparable in its importance to the Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, and the Works of Josephus. It is as important to the development of Judaism as the New Testament is to the development of Christianity. This edition by Danby is the classic English translation of the Mishnah (originally written in Aramaic), and has been the standard for over 50 years for scholars and other interested readers.

About the Author

Herbert Danby (1889-1953) was an Anglican priest and a professor at Oxford University who spent a number of years in Palestine in the first half of the twentieth century. His interest in, and translation into English of, ancient Jewish writings helped to change the attitudes of scholars away from anti-Semitism in the mid-twentieth century.