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Tosefta

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Tosefta , plural Toseftoth [Aramaic,=additional], collection of ancient Jewish teachings supplementing the Mishna or Oral Law and closely allied to it in organization. Like the Mishna, it was compiled by the Tannaim . Many of its teachings, called Baraitot, do not appear in the Mishna; others are merely elucidations or alternative versions of Mishnaic material. It contains a larger percentage of aggadic material than does the Mishna. The Tosefta is an independent work and has been made the subject of commentaries.

Bibliography: See H. L. Strack, Introduction to Talmud and Midrash (1931, repr. 1969); S. Lieberman, Tosefta Kifshuta (1955).

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Tosefta

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | | Copyright

Tosefta. A collection of works by the Jewish tannaim. The Tosefta parallels and supplements the Mishnah. It dates from c.2nd cent. CE, and has the same six orders as the Mishnah.

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Tosefta

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Tosefta (Heb., ‘supplement’). A collection of early Jewish traditions of the same character as, and contemporary with, the Mishnah, but not incorporated in it.

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tosefta

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tosefta Aramaic for ‘addition’; consisting of commentary on the Mishnah compiled in the 3rd cent. CE.

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