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Definition of Mishna
1. Noun. The first part of the Talmud; a collection of early oral interpretations of the scriptures that was compiled about AD 200.
Generic synonyms: Religious Text, Religious Writing, Sacred Text, Sacred Writing
Group relationships: Talmud
Definition of Mishna
1. n. A collection or digest of Jewish traditions and explanations of Scripture, forming the text of the Talmud.
Definition of Mishna
1. Proper noun. The oldest part of the Talmud, rabbinical writings collected by Rabbi Judah the Holy and published in 250 (C.E.) in Javneh (Jamnia, in Israel). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mishna
Literary usage of Mishna
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Introduction to the Talmud: Historical and Literary Introduction, Legal by Moses Mielziner (1903)
"Quotations from the mishna are introduced by: a. pn (contraction of ps ijn we
... This phrase is mostly used when a mishna belonging to another Masechta is ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"The of the material of oral tradition which mishna; had gathered by the end of
the second Origin and century of our era, or the total content Growth, ..."
3. The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East, with Historical Surveys by Charles F Horne (1917)
"Hence a frequent though fanciful derivation connects mishna with repetition, ...
At any rate the mishna is thus emphasized as being the part of the Talmud ..."
4. A Theological Dictionary: Containing Definitions of All Religious Terms; a by Charles Buck (1838)
"The mishna is written in a style comparatively pure, and may be very useful in
... This Targum is quoted in the mishna, but was not known either to ..."
5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1877)
"But the evidence shows that the development of the mishna in this special ...
In' nothing is the mishna more express than in the contrast recognized at this ..."
6. A Dictionary of the Bible, Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography edited by William Smith (1898)
"The mishna makes a distinction between the ordinary Nazarite for life and ...
According to the mishna, the usual time was thirty days; but double rows for ..."
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