The Mishnah belongs to all who seek to understand. It is an open book, a living and universal that is still inviting —two thousand years later— to think, to question and to discover that the knowledge of the context is the key to understanding the truth.
“The study of the wisdom does not belong to a religion, but to all who seek to understand the truth with humility and an open mind.” — Anonymous author, rabbinic tradition modern
A study open to all
The Mishnah, the cornerstone of the jewish tradition and the bible, is a text that goes beyond the frontiers of religious, cultural and academic. Although born as a part of the body of law and morality of judaism, the study is not limited exclusively to those who profess that faith. Today, anyone —regardless of their religion, academic level or worldview— you can access your content and to benefit from his deep wisdom.
The study of the Mishnah is, above all, an invitation to knowledge. Does not require to believe, but want to understand. Its value lies not only in faith, but in the ability to open the mind to the fundamentals of thought, ethical, legal and spiritual that shaped a large part of western civilization.
The Mishnah as a universal source of knowledge ancestral
The Mishnah is not a book of dogma; it is a compendium of discussions, reflections and reasonings. For that, you can study:
- The believer who seeks to understand the origins of their faith and the roots of biblical thought.
- The agnostic, or atheist, you want to explore the historical development, philosophical, and legal of judaism old.
- The academic or researcher, who find in its pages an inexhaustible source for the study of the history, linguistics, sociology, and culture of the ancient Near Eastern.
- The curious reader, who simply seeks a better understanding of how they were formed values, laws, and structures of moral influenced both judaism and christianity.
For the christian: a window into the context of Jesus and the apostles
Who comes from the christianity you will find in the Mishnah an instrument is invaluable for understanding the teachings of Jesus and the apostles. The language, concepts, legal, moral debates and the customs that appear in the New Testament have their background in the same era and mentality that the Mishnah describes.
Therefore, to study the Mishnah not only expands the knowledge of the bible, but that illuminates the historical and cultural contexts of the first century, making the reading of the Gospels copper on a new depth.
To the jew: the living root of your tradition
To the jew, to study the Mishnah is to reunite with the soul of their tradition. It is in the Mishnah where it retains the essence of the Oral Torah, the set of interpretations and teachings transmitted by the sages since ancient times.
Through its study, the jew is not only about the text, but to the historical continuity of the rabbinical thought that gave rise to the Talmud, and, ultimately, to the whole of the spiritual structure of the later judaism.
For both the researcher and the humanist
The researcher —is a historian, philologist, anthropologist or sociologist— you will find in the Mishnah a unique source for studying the development of western civilization. Its structure dialogical and his comparative method allowing us to analyze how it is formed of the legal arguments, how she was debating to public morality and how it is structured social institutions in the ancient world.
To study the Mishnah is also delve into the history of thought, in the evolution of language Hebrew and aramaic, and the practical philosophy that shaped centuries of culture.
A course is free and open to all
The study of the Mishnah is not reserved to scholars or religious. Today, platforms such as The Mishnah TV and the web site lamishna.com offer free courses and accessible, both in Spanish and in English, for the entire public.
The only requirement is the desire to learn, understand the context behind the biblical texts and to discover how the knowledge of the Mishnah can enrich the vision of any person on the history, faith, and humanity.
Anyone can study the Mishnah. It does not matter whether you have faith or not, whether it is an academic or self-taught, if it's coming of christianity, judaism or any religion.
The Mishnah belongs to all who seek to understand. It is an open book, a living and universal that is still inviting —two thousand years later— to think, to question and to discover that the knowledge of the context is the key to understanding the truth.
