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The eminent Judaica scholar Jacob Neusner provides here the first form-analytical translation of the Mishnah. This pathbreaking edition provides as close to a literal translation as possible, following the syntax of Mishnaic Hebrew in its highly formalized and syntactically patterned language. Demonstrating that the Mishnah is a work of careful and formal poetry and prose, Neusner not only...

1:18 III A Rabban Simeon b. Gamaliel says, “On three things does the world stand: (1) “on justice, (2) “on truth, (3) “and on peace, B “as it is said, Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates (Zech. 8:16).” 2:1 I A Rabbi says, “What is the straight path which a person should choose for himself? Whatever is an ornament to the one who follows it, and an ornament in the view of others. II B “Be meticulous in a small religious duty as in a large one, for you do not know what sort of reward
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