Talmud

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Talmud \Tal"mud\, n. [Chald. talm[=u]d instruction, doctrine,
     fr. lamad to learn, limmad to teach.]
     The body of the Jewish civil and canonical law not comprised
     in the Pentateuch.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     Note: The Talmud consists of two parts, the Mishna, or text,
           and the Gemara, or commentary. Sometimes, however, the
           name Talmud is restricted, especially by Jewish
           writers, to the Gemara. There are two Talmuds, the
           Palestinian, commonly, but incorrectly, called the
           Talmud of Jerusalem, and the Babylonian Talmud. They
           contain the same Mishna, but different Gemaras. The
           Babylonian Talmud is about three times as large as the
           other, and is more highly esteemed by the Jews.
           [1913 Webster] Talmudic

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Talmud
       n : 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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "Talmud":
     Gemara, Masorah, Mishnah, Spiritus Mundi, Sunna, ancient wisdom,
     archetypal myth, archetypal pattern, common law, custom,
     folk motif, folklore, folktale, immemorial usage, legend, lore,
     myth, mythology, racial memory, tradition, traditionalism,
     traditionality