Jastrow's etymology (1231) from
Mishnaic Hebrew [square root of (term)]prn C 'to assign, provide, endow' (Jastrow 1230) can be safely disregarded (so also Ingholt 1938: 130; Fraade 2011: 156-57 n.
It is possible that rishfei kashet actually refers to the sparks produced by the bow, since in
Mishnaic Hebrew and Aramaic Resheph means "spark.
Then, in chapter 4, he illustrates how his typology enables one to map out the narrative topography of the Mishnah, that is, he demonstrates how his classifications can be used to separate the flowing
Mishnaic text into distinct strata defined by their measure of narrativity.
Theft is the subject of the discussion in Chapter Seven, which begins with a brief
Mishnaic statement on Bava Kamma 62b, followed by a very long discussion in the Gemara.
We should memorize the following verse from Pirkei Avot (a compilation of the ethical teachings and maxims of the rabbis of the
Mishnaic period): "It is not incumbent upon you to finish the task, but neither are you free to absolve yourself from it.
Jews without another common language spoke it to one another and of course wrote it in their correspondence and their religious and literary works, but the Hebrew they spoke and wrote had barely developed as a living language since
mishnaic times, and in this sense may be likened to Church Latin.
Even if Seeskin, following Jacob Neusner, is correct when he states that the
Mishnaic and Talmudic sources did not afford significant place to messianism, the apocalyptic literature that was composed in that same period and that was based on the same
Mishnaic and Talmudic figures gave pride of place to messianism without question.
Galilee in the Late Second Temple and
Mishnaic Periods, Volume 1
The Pirkei Avot or Chapters of the Fathers, teachings of Rabbis of the
Mishnaic Period designates particular roles, based on religious study:
The development of the participle in Biblical,
Mishnaic, and Modern Hebrew.
Among the topics are Mishnah Baba Metsia 7:7 and the relationship of
Mishnaic Hebrew to northern biblical Hebrew, Tosefta Ma'aser Sheni 1:4--the rabbis and Roman civic coinage in late antique Palestine, Jerusalem Talmud Sanhedrin 2,6 (20c)--the demise of King Solomon and Roman imperial propaganda in late antiquity, polychromy and the Jerusalem temple in late antiquity, and the Rehov inscriptions and rabbinic literature.
Bar-Asher has collected 25 of his published studies that deal with three divisions of the classical Hebrew language: Biblical Hebrew, the Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and
Mishnaic Hebrew.
Mishnaic - of or relating to the Mishna (the first part of the Talmud)