The oral law of Sinai :an illustrated history of the Mishnah
San Francisco
Jossey-Bass
"An Arthur Kurzweil book."
Includes bibliographical references )p. 151-174( and index
Berel Wein
From Ezra to Hillel and Shammai c.053 BCE-03 BCE. Ezra ; Shimon Hatzaddik ; The Zugos -- Raban Shimon ben Hillel to Rabi Akiva c.03 BCE-002 CE. Transmitting tradition ; Raban Shimon ben Hillel ; Raban Gamliel I )the elder( ; Colleagues of Raban Gamliel I ; Rabi Shimon ben Gamliel I ; Raban Yochanan ben Zakai ; Rabi Eliezer ben Hyrkanos and Rabi Yehoshua ben Chananya ; The heavy hand of Rome ; Rabi Akiva -- Rabi Meir to Rabi Yehudah Hanasi c.041 CE-002 CE. The end of an era ; Rabi Meir ; Raban Shimon ben Gamliel II -- Rabi Yehudah HaNasi ; Rabi Chiya ; The writing of the Mishnah