Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

The Mishnah: A New Translation

4.2/5 ( ratings)

The eminent Judaica scholar Jacob Neusner provides here the first form-analytical translation of the Mishnah. This path-breaking edition provides as close to a literal translation as possible, following the syntax of Mishnaic Hebrew in its highly formalized and syntactically patterned language. Demonstrating that the Mishnah is a work of careful and formal poetry and prose, Neusner not only analyzes the repeated construction but also divides the thoughts on the printed page so that the patterned language and the poetry comprised in those patterns emerge visually.

“With meticulous methodology and with rare stylistic beauty of expression, Neusner. . . has produced an incomparable translation of the Mishnah, both new and innovative, which reflects the genius of the original Hebrew idiom. Neusner penetrates the Tannaitic mind, capturing its spirit, its subtle nuances, and its poetic cadences. . . A most impressive volume which transcends all previous versions of the Mishnah.”—Choice

“The overall effect is a linguistic purity and simplicity which strives to capture not only the substance, but the spirit and style of the Mishnah’s universe. . . . An artful and impressive addition. . . . It deserves not only admiration but serious attention as well.”—Charles Raffel, Judaica Book News

“The work is significant because for the first time it makes available to student and scholar alike a rendition of the Mishnah which attempts to convey not only the substance of that document, but the highly patterned and formalized language which Neusner believes is the key to comprehending its contents.”—Daniel H. Gordis, Hebrew Studies

Language: English

Pages: 1207

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Yale University Press

Release: January 23, 1991

ISBN: 0300050224

ISBN 13: 9780300050226

The Mishnah: A New Translation

4.2/5 ( ratings)

The eminent Judaica scholar Jacob Neusner provides here the first form-analytical translation of the Mishnah. This path-breaking edition provides as close to a literal translation as possible, following the syntax of Mishnaic Hebrew in its highly formalized and syntactically patterned language. Demonstrating that the Mishnah is a work of careful and formal poetry and prose, Neusner not only analyzes the repeated construction but also divides the thoughts on the printed page so that the patterned language and the poetry comprised in those patterns emerge visually.

“With meticulous methodology and with rare stylistic beauty of expression, Neusner. . . has produced an incomparable translation of the Mishnah, both new and innovative, which reflects the genius of the original Hebrew idiom. Neusner penetrates the Tannaitic mind, capturing its spirit, its subtle nuances, and its poetic cadences. . . A most impressive volume which transcends all previous versions of the Mishnah.”—Choice

“The overall effect is a linguistic purity and simplicity which strives to capture not only the substance, but the spirit and style of the Mishnah’s universe. . . . An artful and impressive addition. . . . It deserves not only admiration but serious attention as well.”—Charles Raffel, Judaica Book News

“The work is significant because for the first time it makes available to student and scholar alike a rendition of the Mishnah which attempts to convey not only the substance of that document, but the highly patterned and formalized language which Neusner believes is the key to comprehending its contents.”—Daniel H. Gordis, Hebrew Studies

Language: English

Pages: 1207

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Yale University Press

Release: January 23, 1991

ISBN: 0300050224

ISBN 13: 9780300050226

More books from Jacob Neusner

A Rabbi Talks with Jesus

3.8/5 ( ratings)

World Religions in America

3.7/5 ( ratings)

The Way of Torah: An Introduction to Judaism

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Judaism in the Beginning of Christianity

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Judaism: The Basics

3.3/5 ( ratings)

Judaism When Christianity Began: A Survey of Belief and Practice

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Introduction to Rabbinic Literature

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Do Jews, Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God?

2.6/5 ( ratings)

The Brother of Jesus: James the Just and His Mission

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Dictionary of Judaism in the Biblical Period: 450 B.C.E. to 600 C.E.

Religious Foundations of Western Civilization: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

3.4/5 ( ratings)

The Four Stages of Rabbinic Judaism

The Talmud of the Land of Israel, Volume 1: Berakhot

4.6/5 ( ratings)

Approaches to Ancient Judaism, Volume VI: Studies in the Ethnography and Literature of Judaism

Neusner On Judaism: Religion And Theology (Contemporary Thinkers on Religion)

Judaism: The Evidence of the Mishnah

The Twentieth Century Construction of "Judaism": Essays on the Religion of Torah in the History of Religio

Collected Essays on Philosophy and Judaism, Vol. 1 (Academic Studies in the History of Judaism) (Academic Studies in the History of Judaism) (Academic Studies in the History of Judaism)

From Ancient Israel to Modern Judaism: Intellect in Quest of Understanding: Essays in Honor of Marvin Fox Volume Volume 1

Earliest Christianity Within the Boundaries of Judaism: Essays in Honor of Bruce Chilton

Rate this book!

Write a review?