Chapter 15 Flashcards
1
Q
What is the Talmud? What is the Mishna? What is the Gemara?
A
Talmud: two books run together (Mishna and Gemara, a pair of very old classics of Jewish law some three hundred years apart in time, neither are original works, both are compendiums of life) Mishna: a report of the legal decisions of a line of analysts and judges, the Tanna’im or teachers, stretching over some four hundred years. Rabbi Judah the prince compiled the Mishna (the review) about the year 200 Gemara: legal analysis inHebrew and Aramaic which can branch off into tales, poems, prayers, history, reminiscence, science, or table talk (the completion)
2
Q
What is the term for the Talmud’s parables, sermons, and allegories?
A
the hagada
3
Q
What is the Jews’ common law?
A
the Talmud
