Mishnah
noun
the collection of oral laws compiled about a.d. 200 by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi and forming the basic part of the Talmud.
Mishnic
-
a word derived from
Mishnah.
Example Sentences
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There was once a dispute between Rabbi Eliezer and the Mishnic sages as to whether a baking-oven, constructed from certain materials and of a particular shape, was clean or unclean.
From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various
The vocabulary is in the main Biblical, but there are a number of words which otherwise occur only in the writings of the Mishnic age or later.
From The Covenanters of Damascus; A Hitherto Unknown Jewish Sect by George Foot Moore
The Mishnic tractate Sabbath stands at the head of twelve tractates on festivals.
From Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) by G. W. (George William) Foote
Both Talmuds are arranged according to the six orders of the Mishnah, but the discussion of the Mishnic text often wanders off into widely different topics.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
God’s study of, ib.; curious, from its antiquity, 116; specimens of, from the Mishnic titles, 116-118; and from the Gemara, 119.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Isaac Disraeli
