The Oral Law of Sinai: An Illustrated History of the Mishnah

by Berel Wein

• ISBN13: 9780470197554
• ISBN10: 0470197552
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Written by the Orthodox historian Rabbi Berel Wein, The Oral Law of Sinai is an extraordinary and beautifully illustrated book that explores the Talmud-a law book that is a faithful transmission of the Oral Law of Sinai. As Rabbi Wein explains, the Talmud is two separate books comprising the Oral Law. This work offers an explanation of the first book of the Talmud, the Mishnah

Author Biography

Rabbi Berel Wein is the founder and director of The Destiny Foundation. For more than twenty-five years he has been identified as one of the foremost Orthodox historians in the world. Rabbi Wein is a recipient of the Torah Prize Award from Machon Harav Frank in Jerusalem for his achievements in teaching Torah and spreading Judaism throughout the world. He lives in Jerusalem.

Table of Contents

From Ezra to Hillel and Shammai c. 350 BCE - 30 BCE

The Zugos

Yehoshua ben Prachyah and Nitai HaArbeli

Yehudah ben Tabai and Shimon ben Shatach

Shmaya and Avtalyon

Hillel and Shammai

Acknowledgments

In the Beginning

Transmitting Tradition

Raban Shimon ben Hillel

Raban Shimon ben Hillel to Rabi Akiva c. 30 BCE - 200 CE

Rabi Meir to Rabi Yehudah HaNasi c. 140 CE - 200 CE

The End of an Era

Raban Shimon ben Gamliel II

Rabi Yehudah HaNasi

The Writing of the Mishnah

Appendices

Shishah Sidrei Mishnah

Tannaim Timeline

Notes

Glossary

About the Author

Index

Photo Credits

Raban Gamliel I (The Elder)

Colleagues of Raban Gamliel I

Akavya ben Mehalalel

Rabi Chanina (Chananya) Sgan HaKohanim

Rabi Eliezer ben Yaakov I

Raban Shimon ben Gamliel I

Raban Yochanan ben Zakai

Rabi Eliezer ben Hyrkanos and Rabi Yehoshua ben Chananya

The Heavy Hand of Rome

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