Introductions to Tanaitic Literature

Talmud

The William Davidson Edition

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Preface Ancient Tannaitic Compilations First Mishnah Remains of Ancient Tannaitic Compilations The Mishnayot of the Middle Generation The Mishnah of Rabbi Akiva How was the Mishnah Arranged The Mishnayot of the Disciples of Rabbi Akiva The Mishnayot of other Tannaim The sons of sages (Tannaim) and the Stumatai Rebbi and His Mishnah The Mishnah in the time of Rebbi and his attitude towards it Our Mishnah Appendix Introduction to Tosefta

Preface Challah Shabbat Eruvin Pesachim Shekalim Sukkah Beitzha (Yom Tov)Rosh HaShanah Chagigah Nedarim Nazir Sotah Kiddushin Sanhedrin Makkot Eduyot Bekhorot Temurah Kelim

Introduction Halakhic Midrash The Midrashim outside the Land of Israel Rabbi Ishmael and the Disciples of Rabbi Ishmael Mekhilta of Rabbi Ishmael Sifrei Numbers The Midrash attributed to Rabbi Ishmael's School to Deuteronomy Remains from the Midrash attributed to Rabbi Ishmael's School to Leviticus Sifra Torat Kohanim Sifrei Deuteronomy Mekhilta of Rashbi Sifrei Zuta

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Author: Jacob Nachum Epstein

Mevo’ot LeSifrut HaTanaim (Introductions to Tannaitic Literature) is a 20th-century work by renowned Talmud scholar Jacob Nachum Epstein. It includes introductions to the Mishnah and Tosefta, introductions to 18 tractates of the Mishnah, and an introduction to halakhic (legal) midrashim. Originally compiled as lectures delivered by Epstien, the work was edited and published posthumously at Epstein’s request by his student, Ezra Melamed.

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