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Mish·nah
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akiba ben joseph
a.d. c50–c135, rabbi and scholar: systematizer of Jewish oral law on which the Mishnah is based. -
amora
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in the rabbinical academies of Palestine and Babylonia from the 3rd to the 6th centuries a.d., whose commentaries on and interpretations of the Mishnah comprise the Palestinian and Babylonian Gemaras. -
gemara
the section of the Talmud consisting essentially of commentary on the Mishnah. -
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talmud
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. -
tanna
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in Palestine during the 1st and 2nd centuries a.d., whose teachings are found chiefly in the Mishnah.