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

by Berel Wein

• ISBN13: 9780470285053
• ISBN10: 0470285052
• Format: eBook
• 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

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

In the Beginning

From Ezra to Hillel and Shammai c350 BCE û 30 BCE.

Ezra

Shimon HaTzaddik

The Zugos

Yosi ben Yoezer and Yosi ben Yochanan

Yehoshua ben Prachyah and Nitai HaArbeli

Yehudah ben Tabai and Shimon ben Shatach

Shmaya and Avtalyon

Hillel and Shammai

Raban Shimon ben Hillel to Rabi Akiva c30 BCE û 200 CE.

Transmitting Tradition

Raban Shimon ben Hillel

Raban Gamliel I (The Elder)

Colleagues of Raban Gamliel I

Shmuel HaKatan

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

Rabi Akiva.

Rabi Meir to Rabi Yehudah HaNasi c140 CE û 200 CE.

The End of an Era

Rabi Meir

Raban Shimon ben Gamliel II

Rabi Yehudah HaNasi

Rabi Chiya

The Writing of the Mishnah

Appendices.

Shishah Sidrei Mishnah

Tannaim Timeline

Notes

Glossary

About the Author

Index.

Photo Credits.

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