Editing Tosefta (section)

==Manuscripts, editions commentaries, and translations==
[[File:Rehov Mosaic Replica-01.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Mosaic of Rehob]] (3rd–6th century CE), quoting a [[baraita]] which also appears in the Tosefta (Shviit 4)]]
===Manuscripts===
Three manuscripts exist of the Tosefta:
* 'Vienna' (late 13th century; Oesterreichische Nationalbibliothek Cod hebr. 20; the only complete manuscript)
* 'Erfurt' (12th century; Berlin – Staatsbibliothek (Preußischer Kulturbesitz) Or. fol. 1220)<ref>[http://juedisches-leben.erfurt.de/jl/en/middle-ages/hebrew_manuscripts/research/index.html Erfurt Collection: Erfurt Hebrew Manuscripts] (Accessed: 8 June 2017)</ref>
* 'London' (15th century; London – British Library Add. 27296; contains Seder Mo'ed only)

The ''Editio Princeps'' was printed in Venice in 1521 as an addendum to [[Isaac Alfasi]]'s ''Halakhot''.

All four of these sources, together with many [[Cairo Geniza]] fragments, have been published online by [[Bar Ilan University]] in the form of a searchable database.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biu.ac.il/js/tannaim/|title=אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, אוצר עדי הנוסח לספרות התנאית|website=www.biu.ac.il}}</ref>

===Editions===
Two critical editions have been published. The first was that of [[Moses Samuel Zuckermandl]] in 1882, which relied heavily on the Erfurt manuscript of the Tosefta. Zuckermandl's work has been characterized as "a great step forward" for its time.<ref name="Wald-2007">{{cite EJ|first=Stephen G.|last=Wald|title=Tosefta|volume=20|pages=70–72}}</ref> This edition was reprinted in 1970 by Rabbi [[Saul Lieberman]], with additional notes and corrections.<ref>{{cite book|last=Tosephta|author-link=Tosefta|title=Tosephta – Based on the Erfut and Vienna Codices|year=1970|publisher=Wahrmann Books |location=Jerusalem|editor=M.S. Zuckermandel |language=he|title-link=Tosefta |oclc=13717538}} (first printed in Berlin 1899)</ref>

In 1955, [[Saul Lieberman]] first began publishing his monumental ''Tosefta ki-Feshutah''. Between 1955 and 1973, ten volumes of the new edition were published, representing the text and the commentaries on the entire orders of Zera'im, Mo'ed and Nashim. In 1988, three volumes were published posthumously on the order of Nezikin, including tractates [[Bava Kama]], [[Bava Metzia]], and [[Bava Batra]]. Lieberman's work has been called the "pinnacle of modern Tosefta studies."<ref name="Wald-2007"/>

===Commentaries===
Major commentaries on the Tosefta include those by:
* [[David Pardo (Italian rabbi)|David Pardo]]: ''Chasdei David''; Originally published in Livorno (1776), and printed in editions of the [[Vilna Edition Shas|Vilna Shas]].
* [[Yehezkel Abramsky]]: ''Hazon Yehezkel'' (24 volumes, 1925–1975 in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]).
* [[Saul Lieberman]]: ''Tosefet Rishonim'', Jerusalem 1937.
* [[Jacob Neusner]] and his students (in a series called ''A History of the Mishnaic Law'', 1978–87).

===Translations===
The Tosefta has been translated into English by [[Jacob Neusner]] and his students in the commentary cited above and was also published separately as ''The Tosefta: translated from the Hebrew'' (6 vols, 1977–86).

Translations of the tosefta are in various stages of progress at www.sefaria.org. Other attempts such as by Eli Gurevich's English translation are also being made. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607140532/http://www.toseftaonline.org/ |date=7 June 2009 }}.