Mishna
noun
Judaism a compilation of precepts passed down as an oral tradition and collected by Judah ha-Nasi in the late second century ad. It forms the earlier part of the Talmud See also Gemara
Example Sentences
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It is written tersely in the form of short rulings in a language known as Mishnaic Hebrew.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2013
Written in elegant Mishnaic Hebrew, the letters had an oddly contemporary ring.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the other hand, I can't imagine my Western civilization and Western culture without the Jewish input, without Jesus Christ, who was born, was crucified and passed away as a Mishnaic rabbinical Jew.
From Time Magazine Archive
When I came to the end of the Mishnaic thought unit, I stopped, and reviewed it briefly, together with the commentaries of Rashi and the Tosafists.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
I finished the explanation of the Mishnaic text and read the next thought unit, which consisted of another Mishnah found in a different tractate from the one we were now studying.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
