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Mishnah

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Author(s): Zellentin, Holger M.
[German Version] 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 repetition.” Mishnah thus originally designates individual tenets of the rabbis and was later applied to the compilation of laws already att…