The Law of Agriculture in the Mishnah and the Tosefta (3 vols): Translation, Commentary, Theology (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East, #79)

Jacob Neusner (Editor)

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This project presents in three volumes the Mishnah's and the Tosefta's first division, Zera'im (Agriculture), organized in eleven topical tractates, together with a systematic history of the law of Zeraim in the Mishnah. To the exposition of the Halakhah on the chosen topic, the Mishnah-tractates are primary but complemented by the Tosefta's presentation of its collection of glosses of the Mishnah's law and supplements to that law.
The Mishnah's and the Tosefta's tractates are integrated, with the Tosefta's complement given in the setting of the Mishnah's rules, and the whole is given in English translation. The presentation in each case encompasses an introduction, a form-analytical translation and commentary, a systematic integration of the Tosefta's compositions into the Mishnah's laws, an explanation of the details of the law, and an inquiry into how the Halakhah of the Mishnah and that of the Tosefta intersect, item by item.
  • ISBN10 9004145036
  • ISBN13 9789004145030
  • Publish Date 28 October 2005
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country NL
  • Imprint Brill