JWST 1818 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Rabbinic Judaism, Mishnah, Midrash
16 Dec 2018
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The mishnah: written in galilee (200 ce), edited by patriarch judah, not written in jerusalem due to palestinian conflict. Is a guidebook for jewish law: used as a study book to comment on the torah, which is the codified law, interpretations from rabbis on how to apply the laws of moses, ex. Woman/woman was the second most valued and the man/woman relationship was the least valued, as it portrayed the man as weak and feminine: the greeks saw procreative sex (man and woman) as a necessary evil. The jews didn"t formally accept his creation stories but used his texts as proof of their own stories. In babylonia, the talmud was created as a study book for jewish law: the mishna is composed of the commentary on the talmud. Summary: the talmud and the mishna serve as jewish study books on the laws of moses, which are codified in the torah.
