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Talmud
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Talmud (from Heb.,
lmd, learn, study, teach). The body of teaching, commentary and discussion of the Jewish
amoraim on the
Mishnah. There are two Talmuds: the Jerusalem (or Palestinian) Talmud which originated in
Erez Israel in
c.500 CE, and the Babylonian Talmud which was completed in
c.600 CE. Both works are commentaries on some or all of the Mishnaic orders of
Zeraʾim,
Moʿed,
Nashim, and
Nezikin. The Babylonian Talmud also includes commentaries on
Kodashim and
Tohorot. The commentaries on the Mishnah are known as
gemāra. By the 11th cent. the supremacy of the Babylonian Talmud was finally established. The entire Talmud text contains
c.2 ½ million words, one-third
halakhah and two-thirds
aggadah. Once it became an authoritative text, commentaries on it began to be produced, the most popular and influential being that of
Rashi which was completed in the 12th and 13th cents. by the
tosafists.
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The Talmud
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 12/9/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Jerusalem Post 12-09-2005 Headline: The Talmud Byline: BEREL WEIN Edition; Up Front...its simplest form of definition, the Talmud is the record of centuries of discussion...HaNassi in Tzipori in the Galilee. The Talmud was developed in two separate works...
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Studying Talmud
Transcript from: Weekend Saturday (NPR); 10/11/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...world today, Jews are reading from the Talmud, that mammoth text of Jewish law for nearly 2,000 years. The Talmud has been called Judaism's encyclopedia...credited with starting the practice of daily Talmud study in 1923. That practice has not...
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The Talmud: the Steinsaltz Edition, a Reference Guide.
Magazine article from: The Nation; 4/30/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...Random House has chosen to call this The Talmud- The Steinsaltz Edition. The Israeli edition is called The Babylonian Talmud, which is its correct name, and Steinsaltz...Berman, who worked from the original Talmud. The inaugural volume consists of...
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Learning Talmud - the next big thing?
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 2/2/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Post 02-02-2005 Headline: Learning Talmud - the next big thing? Byline: MATI WAGNER...Schottenstein Artscroll English translation of the Talmud." The completion of its 73rd and final...the completion of the entire Babylonian Talmud) by Talmud students worldwide who have...
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The Talmud (U. S. Army Edition)
Newspaper article from: Chicago Jewish Star; 3/21/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...came to print an historic edition of the Talmud. Thoughout millennia of Jewish history, the Talmud has been burned, censored, and banned by...In 1948, for the first time ever, the Talmud was printed by a government. The so-called...
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Teaching Talmud Lessons to the Masses: An English Translation With
Newspaper article from: Forward; 11/27/1998; 700+ words
; Forward 11-27-1998 Teaching Talmud Lessons to the Masses: An English Translation...rabbis may make a Jewish classic -- the Talmud -- accessible to a broader public. The...contains more than 90 selections from the Talmud. While Orthodox Jews view Talmud study...
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The Steinsaltz Talmud
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 6/18/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...detractors alike have long recognized that the Talmud is the key to Jewish survival. It is...civilization, with the expression "the sea of Talmud" aptly describing the vast conversation...that began some 1,500 years ago. The Talmud contains wisdom of the sages in areas...
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Richard Cohen and the Talmud
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/17/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...Steinsaltz's "new translation of the Talmud along with its reference guide." Unfortunately...the pleasure of devoting my life to the Talmud and Jewish Law, I feel compelled to correct...Steinsaltz's "new translation of the Talmud along with its reference guide." 2...
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Reading the Talmud With Postmodern Eyes
Newspaper article from: Forward; 3/18/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...Pollock Forward 03-18-1994 Reading the Talmud With Postmodern Eyes. `I often wonder if we should take the Talmud so seriously," says Rabbi Shaye Cohen...scholars who are currently studying the Talmud with a critical, academic eye. This...
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After 15 years, Talmud translation makes ancient text more accessible
News Wire article from: Jewish Telegraphic Agency; 1/13/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Schottenstein Artscroll English translation of the Talmud -- whose 73rd and final volume will be...Bnei Brak. The project "introduces the Talmud to people who have never studied it...English with this depth and accuracy." The Talmud comprises 36 tractates of rabbinic discussion...
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Talmud
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
TALMUD The Jewish teachings of the sages. The Pentateuch (Torah...al peh) was written down and formed the basis of the Talmud. While torah refers only to the written law and talmud to the oral law, both terms essentially carry the same...
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The Talmud
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
The Talmud From the Hebrew lamad, to learn, the Talmud is the name of the great code of Jewish civil and canonical...time of Moses. There are two recensions — the Talmud of Jerusalem and the Talmud of Babylon. The latter, besides...
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Palestinian Talmud
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Palestinian Talmud: see TALMUD .
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Babylonian Talmud
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Babylonian Talmud (Jewish authoritative development of Mishnah): see TALMUD .
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Abba Arika
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...completed about 500. The Mishna and the Gemara compose the Talmud. The Palestinian schools produced a Talmud in the 5th century, but it was not well preserved. The Babylonian Talmud thus became authoritative. Rav was a member of the last generation...
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