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Posted By richards on March 17, 2016

[tahl-moo d, -muh d, tal-] /tl md, -md, tl-/

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the collection of Jewish law and tradition consisting of the Mishnah and the Gemara and being either the edition produced in Palestine a.d. c400 or the larger, more important one produced in Babylonia a.d. c500.

Origin of Talmud Expand

British Dictionary definitions for Talmud Expand

the primary source of Jewish religious law, consisting of the Mishnah and the Gemara

either of two recensions of this compilation, the Palestinian Talmud of about 375 ad, or the longer and more important Babylonian Talmud of about 500 ad

Derived Forms

Talmudic, Talmudical, adjectiveTalmudism, noun

Word Origin

C16: from Hebrew talmdh, literally: instruction, from lmadh to learn

Word Origin and History for Talmud Expand

body of Jewish traditional ceremonial and civil law, 1530s, from late Hebrew talmud "instruction" (c.130 C.E.), from lama-d "to teach." Related: Talmudic.

Talmud in Culture Expand

Collections of commentaries on biblical texts that form, with the Torah, the foundation for the religious laws of Judaism.

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