Explore: Rabbinic Texts

specific sense of "Rabbinic literature"—referring to the Talmud, Midrashim (Hebrew: מדרשים), and related writings, but hardly ever to later texts—is how the term

form of the Talmud and other rabbinic texts for the sake of preservation. Rabbinic Judaism contrasts with the non-Rabbinic forms which emphasize the Tanakh

English renderings of rabbinic sources, e.g., Soncino Press, before later choosing to create his own renderings of rabbinic texts. Lieberman's views were

law. The extent of rabbinic authority differs by various Jewish groups and denominations throughout history. The origins of rabbinic authority in Judaism

precedent. As for its composition, just as in cuneiform literature the rabbinic texts describe that the firmament was made out of a solid form of water, not

According to Rabbinic Judaism, the Oral Torah or Oral Law (Hebrew: תּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל־פֶּה‎, romanized: Tōrā šebbəʿal-pe) are statutes and legal interpretations

has numerous problems, as most of the individuals with this name in Rabbinic texts are referenced as having lived in time periods far detached from, and

a number of additional laws, which are known as rabbinic laws (mitzvot derabbanan). Types of rabbinic laws include the takkanah and the gezeirah. Medieval

impact on rabbinic memory, later referred to in tradition as a time of shemad (שְׁמָד‎), meaning "destruction" or "desolation." Rabbinic texts attach a

traditional rabbinic texts. Rabbinical students also are required to gain practical rabbinic experience by working at a congregation as a rabbinic intern during