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

About this Item

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,' understood to be the written form of the Jewish Oral Law, was preserved by the rabbis following the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 70 CE, and was completed in approximately 200 CE. More than four centuries of Jewish religious thought and activity are found within this text, and it is as important to the development of Judaism as the New Testament is to the development of Christianity. Students of the New Testament will find it especially interesting because its contents reflect the Jewish religious tradition during the time of Jesus and the early Christian Church. The 'Mishnah' historical value in understanding the first two centuries of the common era is comparable in its importance to the Dead Sea Scrolls, as well as the Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, and secular works of that time such as the writings of Josephus.This edition by Danby is the classic English translation of the 'Mishnah' (which was originally written in Middle or 'Mishnaic' Hebrew), and has been the standard for almost 80 years for scholars and other interested readers. Until the printing of this volume in the 1930s, the 'Mishnah' was not available to study as a whole for the English speaker. Now it is available for the first time in a paperback edition.

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.