The Oxford Annotated Mishnah

In their three-volume work, the editors of The Oxford Annotated Mishnah (OAM) have produced a very helpful resource for anyone interested in the Mishnah. It is an academically informed yet highly accessible new translation of the Mishnah, with accompanying introductions for each tractate and annotations throughout the text. * Andrew Messner, Academic Dean, Seville Theological Seminary, Evangelical Review of Theology *
As a work of academic scholarship, the features that most distinguish The Oxford Annotated Mishnah from traditional translations include a focus on textual criticism, an interest in historicity and material culture. * Yitz Landes, Jewish Review Of Books *
One innovative and praiseworthy feature of the translation in The Oxford Annotated Mishnah is that it tries, often successfully, to emulate the Mishnah's economy of language... The Oxford Annotated Mishnah is a significant event in the history of Mishnah interpretation. Never before has such an illustrious cadre of scholars joined forces to create such a work. * Yitz Landes, Jewish Review of Books *
The true merit of this new edition lies in its scholarly explanations...Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; practitioners; general readers. * Choice *
The true merit of this new edition lies in its scholarly explanations... Whereas specialists will appreciate its notations about manuscripts, the annotations make this work indispensable for students and scholars of Judaica or religious studies. * Choice *