Mishnayoth - Eighteen Treatises from the Mishna. Translated by the Rev. D.A. de Sola and the Rev. M.J. Raphall.

(ANGLO-JUDAICA)

J. Wertheimer

London

1843

FIRST EDITION.

Roth, Magna Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica, p. 274, B5, no. 37

THE FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE MISHNAH. The preface states this translation arose due to a dispute among the members of the "Sephardim Synagogue" concerning the revision of their liturgy. Since the Orthodox stated their view was "under authority of the Mishna," this translation appeared "for the enlightenment of the British Jew." A footnote to the preface notes the omission of Tractate Nidda and other similar material, was because they are "not suited to the refined notions of the English reader."