{"product_id":"the-mishnah-9780876688762","title":"The Mishnah","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his brilliant introduction on the Mishnah, Jacob Neusner asks:How do you read a book that does not identify its author, tell you where it comes from, or explain why it was written  a book without a preface? And how do you identify a book with neither a beginning nor end, lacking table of contents and title? The answer is you just begin and let the author of the book lead you by paying attention to the information that the author does give, to the signals that the writer sets out.As Neusner goes on to explain, the Mishnah portrays the world in a special way, in a kind of code that makes it a difficult work for the modern reader to understand. Without knowing how to decode the Mishnah, we may read its works without receiving its message.Neusner, one of the world's foremost Mishnaic scholars, demonstrated that the Mishnah's own internal logic and structure form a solid foundation on which to build an understanding of this vitally important Jewish work. Using examples of how the Mishnah's language, logic, and discourse associate and categorize behaviors, events, and objects, Neusner opens the Mishnah to readers who would not otherwise be able to grasp its most fundamental concepts.Since the Mishnah forms the basis of both the Babylonian and the Palestinian Talmuds (which are, in Neusner's elegant terms, the core curriculum of Judaism as a living religion), study of the Mishnah is essential to an understanding of Judaism. Drawing on his own new translation of the Mishnah and displaying the enthusiastic dedication that has sparked a whole new body of Mishnaic research, Neusner allows readers with no previous background to join Jews who have studied, analyzed, and delighted in the wisdom of Mishnah for centuries.In addition to giving us a thorough exploration of the Mishnah's language, contents, organization, and inner logic, Neusner also provides us with a broad understanding of how it communicated its own world view  its vision of both the concrete an spiritual worlds. The Mishnah: An Introduction gives us a tour of this sacred Jewish text, shedding light on its many facets  from its view of life to its conception of God and His relation to our world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“For 70 years I have studied Mishnah virtually every day of my life. Yet there is hardly a page in Professor Neusner’s monumental work, The Mishah: An Introduction, that did not reveal for me a new and often exciting insight.” -Emanuel Rackman Chancellor, Bar-Ilan University -- Rabbi Emanuel Rackman, Bar-Ilan University\u003cbr\u003e“Professor Neusner offers us far more than an introduction to the Mishnah. With the patience and shrewdness of a detective, he guides the reader through the text to uncover the presuppositions and intentions of its unknown authors. “Neusner is a master teacher. He goes to the text itself and under his skillful, inductive probings, allows it to reveal its autonomous logic. Following him, the reader gains insight into the interdependence of ‘ethos, ethics, and ethnos’ that supports the intellectual structures of Mishnah Judaism.” -Harold M. Schulweis Rabbi, Valley Beth Shalom, Encino, California -- Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis\u003cbr\u003e“This is a great book, a major contribution of exceptional magnitude to Jewish learning and to the scientific study of religion. As a remarkable introduction to the Mishnah, it is yet another tribute to Jacob Neusner as the mature Herculean scholar who revolutionized rabbinic scholarship in the twentieth century. In it he soars to new heights of brilliance as an interpreter of the rabbinic mind, and as a writer of unusual beauty and style, as a prophetic voice in the wilderness.” -Samson H. Levey Professor, Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion -- Samson H. Levey, Professor of Rabbinics \u0026amp; Jewish Religious Thought, Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTable of Contents   Preface\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tix Acknowledgements and Permissions\t\t\t\t\t\txiii  1. The Mishnah as Literature \t\t\t\t\t\t\t1 \t Identifying the Mishnah\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1 \tMishnah Tractate Berakhot 1:1\t\t\t\t\t\t2 \tMishnah Tractate Uqsin 3:11\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2 \tUsing the Evidence in Hand\t\t\t\t\t\t\t6 \tThe Contents and Organization of the Mishnah\t\t\t\t10 \tAn Outline of the Topical Program of the Mishnah\t\t\t\t13 \tThe Rhetoric of the Mishnah: Patterning Language\t\t\t\t17 \tThe Logic of the Mishnah: Proving Propositions\t\t\t\t26 \tThe Meaning of the Mishnah’s Rhetoric and Logic\t\t\t\t34 \tThe Purpose of the Mishnah: Law Code or Schoolbook?\t\t\t37  2. The Mishnah as Religion\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t40  \tDefining a Religion and a Judaism\t\t\t\t\t\t40 \tThe Mishnah’s Judaism before 70 C.E.\t\t\t\t\t42 \tThe Mishnah’s Judaism after the Destruction of the \t\tTemple: 70-132 C.E.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t45 \tThe Mishnah after 135 C.E.: The System Seen Whole\t\t\t51 \tThe Judaism of the Mishnah\t\t\t\t\t\t\t53  3. The Mishnah’s Social Vision: Means of Production, Market, Wealth\t\t61  \tThe Building Block of Society in the Mishnah’s Social Vision\t\t61 \tThe Household: Baba Batra Chapter 3\t\t\t\t\t64 \tThe Market: Baba Mesia Chapter 4\t\t\t\t\t\t79 \tWealth: Baba Mesia Chapter 5\t\t\t\t\t\t97 \tThe Steady-State Economy in a Static Social World\t\t\t\t118  4. The Mishnah’s Social Vision: Woman and Caste\t\t\t\t121  \tWomen in the Household\t\t\t\t\t\t\t121 \tWomen: Yebamot Chapter 10\t\t\t\t\t\t\t123 \tCase Structure: Qiddushin Chapter 4\t\t\t\t\t\t131 \tThe Social Vision of the Mishnah\t\t\t\t\t\t140  5. The Mishnah’s Theological and Philosophical Vision\t\t\t\t149  \tHistory and the Laws of History: Rosh Hashanah \t\tChapter 4, Taanit Chapter 4, Zebahim Chapter 14, \t\tSotah Chapter 9\t\t\t\t\t\t\t149 \tIsrael and God, Partners in the Land: Maaserot Chapter 1\t\t\t172 \tIntention: Makhshirin Chapter 4\t\t\t\t\t\t181 \tHumanity in Crisis: What Can Israel Do?\t\t\t\t\t198  6. The Mishnah and the Torah: The Impact of the Mishnah  on the Formation of Judaism\t\t\t\t\t\t\t200  \tThe Problem of the Mishnah\t\t\t\t\t\t\t200 \tTractate Avot Chapter 1\t\t\t\t\t\t\t206 \tThe Mishnah and the Torah: The Theory of Tractate Avot\t\t\t211 \tThe Yerushalmi Talmud’s Theory of the Mishnah\t\t\t\t214 \tThe Mishnah and the Judaism of the Dual Torah\t\t\t\t220 \tThe Relevance of the Mishnah to Judaism in the  \t\tTwenty-First Century\t\t\t\t\t\t\t227  Structure of the Mishnah\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t230  Index\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t231","brand":"Jason Aronson, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039015731543,"sku":"9780876688762","price":74.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780876688762.jpg?v=1750942287","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-mishnah-9780876688762","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}