Ephraim Urbach, an authority on the oral law, comments: “The Mishnah... was granted approval and authority such as had never been granted to any book except the Torah itself. ”
Ephraim Urbach, suulise seaduse autoriteet, kommenteerib: ” Mišna.. leidis taolist poolehoidu ja saavutas sellise autoriteedi, mida ükski raamat peale Toora enda polnud eales saavutanud. ”