Transmitting Mishnah: The Shaping Influence of Oral Tradition

Elizabeth Shanks Alexander

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A valuable introduction to mishniac discourse, this text explains why and how the Mishnah, a seemingly dry collection of arcane legal materials, generated so much interest in antiquity and went on to become the central text of the rabbinic curriculum.

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