A report on Rabbinic literature
Entire spectrum of rabbinic writings throughout Jewish history.
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Talmud
12 linksCentral text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (halakha) and Jewish theology.
Central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (halakha) and Jewish theology.
The Talmud is the basis for all codes of Jewish law and is widely quoted in rabbinic literature.
Judaism
6 linksAbrahamic, monotheistic, and ethnic religion comprising the collective religious, cultural, and legal tradition and civilization of the Jewish people.
Abrahamic, monotheistic, and ethnic religion comprising the collective religious, cultural, and legal tradition and civilization of the Jewish people.
Major sources of difference between these groups are their approaches to halakha (Jewish law), the authority of the rabbinic tradition, and the significance of the State of Israel.
Mishnah
5 linksFirst major written collection of the Jewish oral traditions which is known as the Oral Torah.
First major written collection of the Jewish oral traditions which is known as the Oral Torah.
It is also the first major work of rabbinic literature.
Hebrew language
5 linksNorthwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family.
Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family.
Hebrew survived into the medieval period as the language of Jewish liturgy, rabbinic literature, intra-Jewish commerce and Jewish poetic literature.
Midrash
5 linksExpansive Jewish Biblical exegesis using a rabbinic mode of interpretation prominent in the Talmud.
Expansive Jewish Biblical exegesis using a rabbinic mode of interpretation prominent in the Talmud.
The term is also used of a rabbinic work that interprets Scripture in that manner.
Halakha
8 linksCollective body of Jewish religious laws which is derived from the written and Oral Torah.
Collective body of Jewish religious laws which is derived from the written and Oral Torah.
Halakha constitutes the practical application of the 613 mitzvot ("commandments") in the Torah, as developed through discussion and debate in the classical rabbinic literature, especially the Mishnah and the Talmud (the "Oral Torah"), and as codified in the Mishneh Torah and Shulchan Aruch.
Hebrew Bible
4 linksCanonical collection of Hebrew scriptures, including the Torah, the Nevi'im, and the Ketuvim.
Canonical collection of Hebrew scriptures, including the Torah, the Nevi'im, and the Ketuvim.
The three-part division reflected in the acronym Tanakh is well attested in the rabbinic literature.
Kabbalah
3 linksEsoteric method, discipline and school of thought in Jewish mysticism.
Esoteric method, discipline and school of thought in Jewish mysticism.
These teachings are held by Kabbalists to define the inner meaning of both the Hebrew Bible and traditional rabbinic literature and their formerly concealed transmitted dimension, as well as to explain the significance of Jewish religious observances.
Tanya (Judaism)
1 linksEarly work of Hasidic philosophy, by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the founder of Chabad Hasidism, first published in 1796.
Early work of Hasidic philosophy, by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the founder of Chabad Hasidism, first published in 1796.
This intellectual form synthesises Hasidic Divine Omnipresence and Jewish soulfulness with other historical components of Rabbinic literature, embodied in the Talmud, Medieval philosophy, Musar (ethical) literature and Lurianic Kabbalah.
Rabbi
3 linksSpiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism.
Spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism.
Apart from face to face instruction, rabbis who are inclined to authorship have composed an extensive rabbinic literature, dealing with all aspects of the Jewish tradition—Bible commentaries, codes of law, responsa, mystical and ethical tracts, and collections of sermons are examples of common genres of rabbinic literature.