The oral law of Sinai
Subtitle: an illustrated history of the Mishnah
By: Berel Wein.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2008
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780470197554
Subjects: Mishnah -- History; Mishnah -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Judaism -- History -- Talmudic period, 10-425; Legends, Jewish
Notes: "An Arthur Kurzweil book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-174) and index.
Table of contents: title: From Ezra to Hillel and Shammai c.350 BCE-30 BCE. Ezra ; Shimon Hatzaddik ; The Zugos; title: Raban Shimon ben Hillel to Rabi Akiva c.30 BCE-200 CE. Transmitting tradition ; Raban Shimon ben Hillel ; Raban Gamliel I (the elder) ; Colleagues of Raban Gamliel I ; Rabi Shimon ben Gamliel I ; Raban Yochanan ben Zakai ; Rabi Eliezer ben Hyrkanos and Rabi Yehoshua ben Chananya ; The heavy hand of Rome ; Rabi Akiva; title: Rabi Meir to Rabi Yehudah Hanasi c.140 CE-200 CE. The end of an era ; Rabi Meir ; Raban Shimon ben Gamliel II; title: Rabi Yehudah HaNasi ; Rabi Chiya ; The writing of the Mishnah.