In the Beginning.

I From Ezra to Hillel and Shammai c. 350 BCE – 30 BCE.

Ezra.

Shimon HaTzaddik.

The Zugos.

Yosi ben Yoezer and Yosi ben Yochanan.

Yehoshua ben Prachyah and Nitai HaArbeli.

Yehudah ben Tabai and Shimon ben Shatach.

Shmaya and Avtalyon.

Hillel and Shammai.

II Raban Shimon ben Hillel to Rabi Akiva c. 30 BCE – 200 CE.

Transmitting Tradition.

Raban Shimon ben Hillel.

Raban Gamliel I (The Elder).

Colleagues of Raban Gamliel I.

Shmuel HaKatan.

Akavya ben Mehalalel.

Rabi Chanina (Chananya) Sgan HaKohanim.

Rabi Eliezer ben Yaakov I.

Raban Shimon ben Gamliel I.

Raban Yochanan ben Zakai.

Rabi Eliezer ben Hyrkanos and Rabi Yehoshua ben Chananya.

The Heavy Hand of Rome.

Rabi Akiva. 

III Rabi Meir to Rabi Yehudah HaNasi c. 140 CE – 200 CE.

The End of an Era.

Rabi Meir.

Raban Shimon ben Gamliel II.

Rabi Yehudah HaNasi.

Rabi Chiya.

The Writing of the Mishnah.

Appendices.

Shishah Sidrei Mishnah.

Tannaim Timeline.

Notes.

Glossary.

About the Author.

Index.

Photo Credits.