Talmud Definition

tälmo͝od, tălməd
noun
The collection of writings constituting the Jewish civil and religious law: it consists of two parts, the Mishna (text) and the Gemara (commentary), but the term is sometimes restricted to the Gemara.
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A collection of Jewish writings related to the practical application of Judaic law and tradition (may refer to either the Babylonian Talmud or the shorter Jerusalem Talmud).

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Singular:
Talmud
Plural:
talmuds

Origin of Talmud

  • Mishnaic Hebrew talmûd learning, instruction from Hebrew lāmad to learn lmd in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Hebrew תלמוד (talmud, “instruction, learning").

    From Wiktionary

Talmud Sentence Examples

  • Even imitation of the style of the Talmud has also been accounted sacrilege.

  • The Talmud shows the influence of that law in many points, and may justly be compared to it as a monument of codification based on great principles.

  • Some of his poems are extant, and an Introduction to the Talmud mentioned above.

  • The Hebrew titles ascribe to him seventy-three psalms; the Septuagint adds some fifteen more; and later opinion, both Jewish p and Christian, claimed for him the authorship of the whole Psalter (so the Talmud, Augustine and others).

  • The lengthy history of the written and oral law thus reached its last stage in a work which grew out of the Talmud but had its roots in a more distant past.

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