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The Mishnah: An Introduction Jacob Neusner Retail Price: $25.00 CenturyOne Price: $25.00 You Save: $0.00 (0%) Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours. Format: Paperback, 235pp. ISBN: 1568213581 Publisher: Jason Aronson Pub. Date: Reprint edition October 1994 Book Information: Description Read An Excerpt Reviews Reader's Index About the Author Table of Contents Customer Reviews Find Similar Books Average Customer Review: Order This Book! Item No: 8021-8 Safe Shopping Guarantee Description From The Publisher: A leading scholar of the formative age and writings of Judaism here formulates a theory of the Mishnah (one of the earliest 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. A relatively quick and easy entry into the sometimes difficult and complex world of the Mishnah and its laws concerning agriculture, appointed seasons, women and property, civil and criminal law, conduct of the cult and the Temple, and preservation of cultic purity in the Temple and under certain domestic circumstances, with special reference to the table and the bed. Any valid description of early rabbinic thought-and therefore of early Christianity-must begin with the Mishnah and must focus on the subjects the sages considered important. This book introduces the reader to the world of the Mishnah in a thoughtful, engaging, and spirited manner. Reviews   Reader's Index Send us your favorite quotes or passages from this book.   About the Author Table of Contents Preface ix Acknowledgements and Permissions xiii 1 The Mishnah as Literature 1 2 The Mishnah as Religion 40 3 The Mishnah's Social Vision: Means of Production, Market, Wealth 61 4 The Mishnah's Social Vision: Women and Caste 121 5 The Mishnah's Theological and Philosophical Vision 149 6 The Misnah and the Torah: The Impact of the Misnah on the Formulation of Judaism 200 7 Structure of the Mishnah 230 Index 231 Customer Reviews Write your own online review. Look for Similar Books by Subject Religion Jesus and Judaism

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