Class 5. 2/2 Rabbinic literature: Mishnah
Mishnah manuscript, MS Kaufmann A 50
Links to an external site., possibly beginning of the 13th century.
Michael L. Satlow, Creating Judaism: History, Tradition, Practice (2006), ch. 4, “The Rabbis Download The Rabbis,” 115–139.
Lawrence H. Schiffman, Texts and Traditions: A Source Reader for the Study of Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism (1991), “Philo, The Special Laws IV: Written and Unwritten Law,” 518–519; “Iggeret Rav Sheira Gaon 3: The Mishnah,” 537–543 Download Philo, The Special Laws IV: Written and Unwritten Law,” 518–519; “Iggeret Rav Sheira Gaon 3: The Mishnah,” 537–543.
What are the Written Torah and the Oral Torah? On what basis did the rabbis of the Mishnah claim authority for themselves?