Dictionary
Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Translator
Web
Popular Searches
Nearby Words

talmudism

 - 3 dictionary results

Tal⋅mud

  [tahl-mood, -muhd, tal-]
Use talmudism in a Sentence
–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

Related forms:
Tal⋅mud⋅ism, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To talmudism
Cultural Dictionary

Talmud [(tahl-mood, tal-muhd)]

Collections of commentaries on biblical texts that form, with the Torah, the foundation for the religious laws of Judaism.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Word Origin & History

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
Cite This Source
Search another word or see talmudism on Thesaurus | Reference
FacebookTwitterFollow us:
Partner Sites:
Ask AnswersEviteExpediaHotelsHotwireLife123LiveDailyMy Way