Mishnah

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Jewish legal text compilation of oral law foundational text of Rabbinic Judaism rabbinic text

The Mishnah is the foundational written compilation of Jewish oral law that underpins the Talmud and later rabbinic legal tradition.

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Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form Occurrences
Oral Torah 7
Mishna 1
Mishnah (Middot) by tradition 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish legal text ⓘ
compilation of oral law ⓘ
foundational text of Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
rabbinic text ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mishnah ⓘ
surface form: Mishna

משנה ⓘ
approximateDateOfRedaction c. 200 CE ⓘ
early 3rd century CE ⓘ
approximateNumberOfTractates 63 ⓘ
authorityIn Conservative Judaism ⓘ
Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
basisFor Halakha ⓘ
Talmud ⓘ
canonicalStatus central text of Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
commentedOnBy Talmud ⓘ
surface form: Gemara
compiledBy Judah ha-Nasi ⓘ
contains tractates ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Palestine ⓘ
surface form: Land of Israel
genre halakhic text ⓘ
legal code ⓘ
hasPart Kodashim ⓘ
Chol HaMoed ⓘ
surface form: Moed

Nashim ⓘ
Nezikin ⓘ
Kodashim ⓘ
surface form: Tohorot

Mishnah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Zeraim
influenced Talmud ⓘ
surface form: Babylonian Talmud

Talmud ⓘ
surface form: Jerusalem Talmud

later rabbinic literature ⓘ
inspiredBy teachings of the Tannaim ⓘ
language Hebrew ⓘ
surface form: Mishnaic Hebrew
numberOfOrders 6 ⓘ
partOf Talmud ⓘ
surface form: Oral Torah
precedes Talmud ⓘ
surface form: Gemara
primaryFunction codification of Jewish oral law ⓘ
redactor Judah ha-Nasi ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Judea ⓘ
surface form: Roman Palestine
relatedWork Midrash halakha ⓘ
surface form: Midrash Halakha

Tosefta ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
structure six orders ⓘ
studiedAlongWith Tosefta ⓘ
subjectMatter Jewish law ⓘ
agricultural laws ⓘ
civil law ⓘ
criminal and civil damages ⓘ
family law ⓘ
religious practice ⓘ
ritual purity ⓘ
timePeriodOfSources c. 1st–2nd centuries CE ⓘ
tradition Tannaitic literature ⓘ
transmittedFrom earlier oral traditions ⓘ
usedIn Jewish legal decision-making ⓘ
yeshiva study ⓘ

Referenced by (41)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mishnah → alsoKnownAs → Mishnah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mishna
Tikkun Olam → appearsIn → Mishnah ⓘ
Judah ha-Nasi → associatedWith → Mishnah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oral Torah
Amoraic period → basedOn → Mishnah ⓘ
Amoraim → basedOn → Mishnah ⓘ
subject surface form: Yom Tov
Tannaim → coreText → Mishnah ⓘ
Halakha → derivedFrom → Mishnah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oral Torah
Halakha → derivedFrom → Mishnah ⓘ
Talmud → developedFrom → Mishnah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oral Torah
Gezerot → discussedIn → Mishnah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tractate Shabbat
Gezerot → discussedIn → Mishnah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tractate Avodah Zarah
pikuach nefesh → discussedIn → Mishnah ⓘ
this entity surface form: tractate Yoma
Amoraim → fieldOfWork → Mishnah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oral Torah
Rabbinic Judaism → hasConcept → Mishnah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oral Torah
Rabbinic Judaism → hasCoreText → Mishnah ⓘ
Judaism → hasLegalText → Mishnah ⓘ
Mishnah → hasPart → Mishnah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zeraim
Sefer Yetzirah → hasPart → Mishnah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mishnayot
Talmud → hasPart → Mishnah ⓘ
Machloket → hasSourceText → Mishnah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pirkei Avot 5:17
Pharisees → influenced → Mishnah ⓘ
Tosefta → isParallelTo → Mishnah ⓘ
Rabbi Akiva → mentionedIn → Mishnah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pirkei Avot
this entity surface form: Mishnah (Middot) by tradition
Machloket → occursIn → Mishnah ⓘ
Kodashim → partOf → Mishnah ⓘ
Karaite Jews → rejects → Mishnah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oral Torah
Karaite Jews → rejects → Mishnah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oral Torah
Haggadah → relatedText → Mishnah ⓘ
Midrash → relatedTo → Mishnah ⓘ
Gezerot → sourceText → Mishnah ⓘ
Tosefta → supplements → Mishnah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pirkei Avot 1:14
Hebrew → usedInText → Mishnah ⓘ
Judah ha-Nasi → work → Mishnah ⓘ