- tannaitic
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tanna — tannaitic /tah neuh it ik/, adj. Seph. Heb. /tah nah /; Ashk. Heb., Eng. /tah nah/, n., pl. tannaim Seph. Heb. /tah nah eem /; Ashk. Heb., Eng. /tah nah im/. (often cap.) Judaism. one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in Palestine during the… … Universalium
MISHNAH — (Heb. מִשְׁנָה). The term mishnah is used in a number of different ways (see below), but when used as a proper noun ( the Mishnah ) it designates the collection of rabbinic traditions redacted by Rabbi judah ha nasi (usually called simply Rabbi ) … Encyclopedia of Judaism
TALMUD, BABYLONIAN — (Heb. תַּלְמוּד בַּבְלִי), a literary work of monumental proportions (5,894 folio pages in the standard printed editions), which draws upon the totality of the spiritual, intellectual, ethical, historical, and legal traditions produced in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BARAITA, BARAITOT — (Aram. בָּרַיְתָא, pl. בָּרַיְתוֹת), Aramaic for the Hebrew word ḥiẓonah ( external ) and an abbreviated form of the phrase matnita baraita – external mishnah, i.e., a tannaitic tradition which is not included in the Mishnah of Rabbi judah ha… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MIDRESHEI HALAKHAH — (Heb. מִדְךְשׁי הֲלָכָה; Halakhic Midrashim ), the appellation given to a group of tannaitic expositions on four books of the Pentateuch. This body of tannaitic literature will be discussed below under the following headings: (1) Characteristics… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
AM HA-AREẒ — (Heb. עַם־הָאָרֶץ; lit., people of the land ). Bible In biblical Hebrew, the signification of the term varies in accord with its context. (a) Generally, it denotes population, whether Israelite (II Kings 16:15; 25:3; Ezek. 39:13; 45:22) or non… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon … Encyclopedia of Judaism
TOSEFTA — (Aram. תּוֹסֶפְתָּא, Heb. תּוֹסֶפֶת), literally an additional or supplementary halakhic or aggadic tradition, i.e., one not included in the mishnah of R. judah ha nasi . Originally the term was used to designate any individual additional or… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HEBREW LANGUAGE — This entry is arranged according to the following scheme: pre biblical biblical the dead sea scrolls mishnaic medieval modern period A detailed table of contents precedes each section. PRE BIBLICAL nature of the evidence the sources phonology… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
