{"product_id":"9780674278776-what-is-the-mishnah-c","title":"What Is the Mishnah?","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe State of the Question\u003cbr\u003eThe Mishnah is the foundational document of rabbinic Judaism—rabbinic law is based on the Talmud which, in turn, is based on the Mishnah. Yet its sources, genre, and purpose are obscure. \u003ci\u003eWhat Is the Mishnah?\u003c\/i\u003e collects papers by leading scholars from the United States, Europe, and Israel and gives a clear sense of the direction of Mishnah studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Mishnah is the foundational document of rabbinic Judaism—all of rabbinic law, from ancient to modern times, is based on the Talmud, and the Talmud, in turn, is based on the Mishnah. But the Mishnah is also an elusive document; its sources and setting are obscure, as are its genre and purpose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn January 2021 the Harvard Center for Jewish Studies and the Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law of the Harvard Law School co-sponsored a conference devoted to the simple yet complicated question: “What is the Mishnah?” Leading scholars from the United States, Europe, and Israel assessed the state of the art in Mishnah studies; and the papers delivered at that conference form the basis of this collection. Learned yet accessible, \u003ci\u003eWhat Is the Mishnah?\u003c\/i\u003e gives readers a clear sense of current and future direction of Mishnah studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40780461604961,"sku":"9780674278776","price":33.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28380777.jpg?v=1722584473","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780674278776-what-is-the-mishnah-c","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}