- positions, views, and word
choice of the Tannaim.
Because there are two
Gemaras, as
mentioned above,
there are in fact two Talmuds: the
Jerusalem Talmud...
- and the
Gemara (גמרא), a
commentary on the
Mishnah and
related Tannaitic writings. Sometimes, the word "Talmud" may only
refer to the
Gemara. This text...
- or the
Jerusalem Gemara. The
Gemara is what
differentiates the
Jerusalem Talmud from its
Babylonian counterpart. The
Jerusalem Gemara contains the written...
-
Talmud has
Gemara—rabbinical
analysis of and
commentary on the Mishnah—on thirty-seven masekhtot. The
Jerusalem Talmud (Yerushalmi) has
Gemara on thirty-nine...
- the
Gemara (גמרא).
Gemara means "completion" (from the
Hebrew gamar גמר: "to complete") or "learning" (from the Aramaic: "to study"). The
Gemara mainly...
- interpretations, as well as
various historical statements and narratives. Both
Gemaras, Bavli, and Yerushalmi,
contain many
tales and legends,
aggadic interpretations...
-
structure and
characteristics of this activity, see
Gemara § Argumentation and
debate and §
Gemara and Mishnah. Generally, two
parallel Talmud streams...
- was a
compilation of the
Mishnah and
Gemara,
rabbinic commentaries redacted over the next
three centuries. The
Gemara originated in two
major centers of...
-
Tanakh Torah Nevi'im
Ketuvim Talmud Mishnah Gemara Rabbinic Midrash Tosefta Targum Beit
Yosef Mishneh Torah Tur
Shulchan Aruch Zohar...
-
unattributed sources") for the
authors of
unattributed statements in the
Gemara. Much of
classical rabbinic literature generally holds that the Babylonian...
