Mishnah
first major written collection of the Oral Torah
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Summary
Mishnah is a religious text[1]. Mishnah ranks in the top 8% of religious text entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,002 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: Judah ha-Nasi[3], Tannaim[4]
- Genre: rabbinic literature[5]
- Based on: Tanakh[6]
- Part of: Oral Torah[7]
- Commons category: Mishnah[8]
- Has part(s): Zeraim[9], Seder Moed[10], Nashim[11], Nezikin[12], Kodashim[13], Tehorot[14]
- Has edition or translation: Q54460639[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mishnah[16]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[17], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[18], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21], New International Encyclopedia[22], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[23]
- Topic has template: Q26060578[24], Template:Mishnah[25]
- Title: משנה[26]
- Derivative work: Babylonian Talmud[27], Jerusalem Talmud[28], Gemara[29], Tosefta[30], Pirush Hamishnayot[31]
- P14483: m/mishna[32]
- P14541: uTLTP[33]
Why It Matters
Mishnah has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Mishnah is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]