the Babylonian Talmud

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• Babylonian Talmud — ▪ Judaism also called  Talmud Bavli        one of two compilations of Jewish religious teachings and commentary that was transmitted orally for centuries prior to its compilation by Jewish scholars in Babylon about the 5th century AD. The other… …   Universalium

• TALMUD, BABYLONIAN — (Heb. תַּלְמוּד בַּבְלִי), a literary work of monumental proportions (5,894 folio pages in the standard printed editions), which draws upon the totality of the spiritual, intellectual, ethical, historical, and legal traditions produced in… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• TALMUD, JERUSALEM — (תַּלְמוּד יְרוּשַׁלְמִי), also called the Palestinian Talmud, Talmud di Venei Ma arava (The Talmud of the West), or Talmud de Ereẓ Yisrael. Like its better known eastern counterpart – the Babylonian Talmud (Bavli) – the Yerushalmi is an… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Talmud — • A post Biblical substantive formation of Pi el ( to teach ), and originally signified doctrine or study Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Talmud     Talmud      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Talmud — Tal mud, n. [Chald. talm[=u]d instruction, doctrine, fr. lamad to learn, limmad to teach.] The body of the Jewish civil and canonical law not comprised in the Pentateuch. [1913 Webster] Note: The Talmud consists of two parts, the Mishna, or text …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• TALMUD, MUSICAL RENDITION — The Mishnah and Gemara were called the Oral Law (Torah she be al Peh) and continued to be called thus even after they had been put in writing. The transmission of an unwritten text depends on constant repetition (one of the meanings of the term… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Talmud — Rabbinic Literature Talmudic literature Mishnah • Tosefta Jerusalem Talmud • Babylonian Talmud Minor tractates Halakhic Midrash Mekhilta de Rabbi Yishmael (Exodus) Mekhilta de Rabbi Shimon (Exodus) Sifra (Leviticus) Sifre (Numbers Deuteronomy) …   Wikipedia

• Talmud and Midrash — ▪ Judaism Introduction       commentative and interpretative writings that hold a place in the Jewish religious tradition second only to the Bible (Old Testament). Definition of terms       The Hebrew term Talmud (“study” or “learning”) commonly… …   Universalium

• TALMUD AND MIDDLE PERSIAN CULTURE — Jews and Persians lived in close proximity in Mesopotamia for over 12 centuries; for nearly all that time one or another Iranian dynasty ruled the country as a province of its empire. For nearly the entire amoraic period (220–500 C.E.), Babylonia …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Talmud — Babylonischer Talmud, Titelblatt der Wilnaer Ausgabe, 1880 bis 1886, der gebräuchlichsten Ausgabe des Talmud Der Talmud (hebräisch ‏תַּלְמוּד‎, deutsch Belehrung, Studium) ist eines der bedeutendsten Schriftwerke des Judentums. Er… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• THE MIDDLE AGES — …   Encyclopedia of Judaism