ACKERMANAt a glance
History, context & interpretation
The text and its story
Six orders covering agriculture, festivals, marriage, civil law, temple service and purity. It is the foundation of the Talmud.
Traditional attribution
The Oral Torah given at Sinai alongside the written Torah.
Historical scholarship
Edited by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi from generations of rabbinic teaching.
Context and curiosity
Its tractate Pirkei Avot ('Ethics of the Fathers') is still studied weekly by many.
Chronology and transmission
This text belongs to Judaism (Roman Galilee). The catalogue gives its approximate dating as c. 200 CE and original language or script as Mishnaic Hebrew. The dated manuscript witnesses and traditional claims may not refer to the same historical event.
Sources and further reading
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