I. Concept – II. Language – III. Content – IV. Structure – V. Formation – VI. Reception History – VII. Manuscripts and Printed Editions
I. Concept
Mishnah, Heb. מִשְׁנָה/mishnah, the first authoritative compilation of laws of post-biblical Judaism, is derived from the concept שׁנָה/šnh (“to repeat”) and refers, in the figurative sense, to the “memorizing of the teaching through repetit…