The Mishnah
According to Codex Kaufmann
Will be published approx. on 17. December 2026
Book
Hardback
978-90-04-42356-5 (ISBN)
Description
This volume presents an academic edition of the entire Mishnah, the foundational text of Rabbinic Judaism. The edition is based on Codex Kaufmann, generally regarded as the most authoritative complete manuscript of the Mishnah. Despite its exceptional importance, however,
the manuscript contains numerous errors introduced by both the scribe and the vocaliser. The present edition provides a corrected and fully
vocalised text, together with philological notes documenting the manuscript's various hands, the editor's interventions, and and relevant readings from other manuscript witnesses.
the manuscript contains numerous errors introduced by both the scribe and the vocaliser. The present edition provides a corrected and fully
vocalised text, together with philological notes documenting the manuscript's various hands, the editor's interventions, and and relevant readings from other manuscript witnesses.
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Person
Shai Heijmans wrote his MA dissertation on the grammar of Jewish Aramaic (2006) and his PhD dissertation on Greek and Latin loanwords in the Mishnah (2014), both at Tel Aviv University. He has taught Hebrew language traditions at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and has worked for five years as a research associate at the University of Cambridge. He is now an independent researcher.