Mishnah

Sephardic scribe, Hebrew Bible, MS Kennicott 2, fol. 4r, 1306 · Bodleian Library, Oxford · CC BY 4.0Sephardic scribe, Hebrew Bible, MS Kennicott 2, fol. 4r, 1306, Bodleian Library, Oxford

Jewish sourcecompiled c. AD 200 from rabbis of c. 50 BC–AD 200

In Jewish Roots of Mary

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The first written collection of rabbinic law, arranged by topic. After the Bible it is the most authoritative witness to Jewish practice in the period around Jesus; the Tosefta is a companion collection.

Quoted works

Yoma 8:1 — 'afflicting oneself' on the Day of Atonement includes abstaining from marital relations (p 98)
Ketuboth 7:3–7; Nedarim 11:1–12 — married men and women taking vows to abstain from marital relations (p 99)
Baba Bathra 8:6 — a man's declared will is binding — the legal background of Jesus' bequest from the cross (p 162)

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Cited by · 7

ArgumentWhat counts as evidence — the Jewish sources outside the Bible and why Pitre uses later textsJewish Roots
(p 168)
ArgumentThe three evidences that Mary took a vow of virginity.Jewish Roots
Yoma 8:1 (p 98)
ArgumentNumbers 30 in detail — 'afflict herself' includes abstinence, three classes of women, and why the vows must be permanentJewish Roots
Yoma 8:1 (p 98)
ArgumentAnna and the value of consecrated celibacy.Jewish Roots
Ketuboth 7:3–7; Nedarim 11:1–12 (p 99)
ArgumentEssenes, Therapeutae and the Mishnah — Jewish celibacy outside the BibleJewish Roots
Ketuboth 7:3–7; Nedarim 11:1–12 (p 99)
Argument'Behold your mother' — what Jesus actually does from the cross.Jewish Roots
Baba Bathra 8:6, a declared will is binding (p 162)
ArgumentA legally binding adoption — Mishnah Baba Bathra 8:6 and Joseph's fatherhood; the eis ta idia evidenceJewish Roots
Baba Bathra 8:6 (p 162)

Passages · 3

PassageMishnah — Baba Bathra 8.6Jewish Roots
a man's declared will is binding — the legal background of Jesus' bequest from the cross (p 162)
PassageMishnah — Ketuboth 7.3–7Jewish Roots
married men and women taking vows to abstain from marital relations (p 99)
PassageMishnah — Yoma 8.1Jewish Roots
'afflicting oneself' on the Day of Atonement includes abstaining from marital relations (p 98)

Verses discussed · 3

VerseLeviticus 16:29Jewish Roots
VerseNumbers 30:13Jewish Roots
VerseJohn 19:27Jewish Roots

Referenced by · 4

AuthorityBabylonian TalmudJewish Roots
AuthorityDead Sea ScrollsJewish Roots
AuthorityJosephusJewish Roots
AuthorityPhilo of AlexandriaJewish Roots

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