Tosefta
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Tosefta
A compilation of the Jewish oral law from the late 2nd century, the period of the Mishna.
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At times the text of the Tosefta agrees nearly verbatim with the Mishnah.
In 1955 Saul Lieberman first began publishing his monumental Tosefta ki-Feshutah.
Origins According to rabbinic tradition, the Tosefta was redacted by Rabbis Ḥiya and Oshaiah (a student of Ḥiya).
Eli Gurevich's English translation and detailed commentary on the Tosefta is in the progress of being written.
It is interwoven with his commentary on major parts of the Tosefta.
Lieberman's work has been called the "pinnacle of modern Tosefta studies."