MISHNAH
\mɪshnˈɑː], \mɪshnˈɑː], \m_ɪ_s_h_n_ˈɑː]\
Definitions of MISHNAH
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the first part of the Talmud; a collection of early oral interpretations of the scriptures that was compiled about AD 200
By Princeton University
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MISHNA, mish'na, n. a great collection of halachoth, comprising the body of the 'Oral Law,' or the juridico-political, civil, and religious code of the Jews; it forms one of the divisions of the Talmud--the 'Gemara,' or commentary on the Mishna, being the other; and it was finally redacted at Tiberias in 220 A.D.:--pl. MISH'NOTH.--adjs. MISHN[=A]'IC, MISH'NIC. [Heb.,--sh[=a]n[=a]h, to repeat.]
By Thomas Davidson
