Talmud

['tælmʊd]

Definition

(noun.) the collection of ancient rabbinic writings on Jewish law and tradition (the Mishna and the Gemara) that constitute the basis of religious authority in Orthodox Judaism.

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Definition

(n.) The body of the Jewish civil and canonical law not comprised in the Pentateuch.

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Definition

n. the name of the fundamental code of the Jewish civil and canonical law comprising the Mishna and the Gemara the former as the text the latter as the commentary and complement.—There are two Talmuds the one called the Talmud of the Occidentals or the Jerusalem (Palestine) Talmud which was closed at Tiberias in the end of the 4th century and the other the Babylonian Talmud emphatically styled 'our Talmud ' not completed till the end of the 5th century and making use of the former.—adjs. Talmud′ic -al.—n Tal′mudist one learned in the Talmud.—adj. Talmudist′ic relating to or contained in the Talmud.

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