TALMUD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Talmud mean? 

• TALMUD (noun)
  The noun TALMUD has 1 sense:

1. the collection of ancient rabbinic writings on Jewish law and tradition (the Mishna and the Gemara) that constitute the basis of religious authority in Orthodox Judaism

  Familiarity information: TALMUD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TALMUD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The collection of ancient rabbinic writings on Jewish law and tradition (the Mishna and the Gemara) that constitute the basis of religious authority in Orthodox Judaism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Instance hypernyms:

Talmudic literature ((Judaism) ancient rabbinical writings)

Meronyms (parts of "Talmud"):

Gemara (the second part of the Talmud consisting primarily of commentary on the Mishna)

Mishna; Mishnah (the first part of the Talmud; a collection of early oral interpretations of the scriptures that was compiled about AD 200)

 Context examples 

The monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud.

(Judaism, NCI Thesaurus)