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Tal⋅mud
[tahl-moo
d, -muhd, tal-] 
–noun
| 1. | 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. |
| 2. | the Gemara. |
Origin:
1525–35; < Heb talmūdh lit., instruction
1525–35; < Heb talmūdh lit., instruction
Related forms:
Tal⋅mud⋅ism, noun
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| Tal·mud (täl'mŏŏd, tāl'məd) n. Judaism The collection of ancient Rabbinic writings consisting of the Mishnah and the Gemara, constituting the basis of religious authority in Orthodox Judaism. [Mishnaic Hebrew talmûd, learning, instruction, from Hebrew lāmad, to learn; see lmd in Semitic roots.] Tal·mu'dic (täl-mōō'dĭk, -myōō'-, tāl-), Tal·mu'di·cal (-dĭ-kəl) adj., Tal'mud·ist (täl'mŏŏ-dĭst, tāl'mə-) n. |
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Talmud
Tal"mud\, n. [Chald. talm[=u]d instruction, doctrine, fr. lamad to learn, limmad to teach.] The body of the Jewish civil and canonical law not comprised in the Pentateuch. Note: The Talmud consists of two parts, the Mishna, or text, and the Gemara, or commentary. Sometimes, however, the name Talmud is restricted, especially by Jewish writers, to the Gemara. There are two Talmuds, the Palestinian, commonly, but incorrectly, called the Talmud of Jerusalem, and the Babylonian Talmud. They contain the same Mishna, but different Gemaras. The Babylonian Talmud is about three times as large as the other, and is more highly esteemed by the Jews.
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Talmud
body of Jewish traditional ceremonial and civil law, 1532, from late Heb. talmud "instruction" (c.130 C.E.), from lama-d "to teach."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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