[tahl-moo
d, -muhd, tal-] 
| 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. |
| 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. |