The Mishnah

by Jacob Neusner

A leading scholar of the formative age and writings of Judaism here formulates a theory of the Mishnah (one of the earliest dated sources of Judaism): what it is, how it should be read, and why it is of considerable interest in the study of religious conceptions of the social order. Each of the book's chapters are amply illustrated with texts that have been freshly translated by the author. The result is a relatively quick and easy entry into the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592445187
• ISBN13: 9781592445189
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"