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Chazal or Ḥazal (Hebrew: חז״ל) [a] are the Jewish sages of the Mishnaic and Talmudic eras, spanning from the final 300 years of the Second Temple period until the 7th century, or c. 250 BCE – c. 625 CE. Their authority was mostly in the field of Halakha (Jewish law) and less regarding Jewish theology. [1]
Mordecai Margalioth (Margulies) (13 October 1909/28 Tishrei 5670–24 March 1968; Hebrew: מרדכי מרגליות) was a scholar of the Talmud, Midrash and Geonic literature. He was a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. [1]
Tannaim (Amoraic Hebrew: Hebrew: תנאים "repeaters", "teachers", singular tanna תנא, borrowed from Aramaic) [1] were the rabbinic sages whose views are recorded in the Mishnah, [2] from approximately 10–220 CE. The period of the Tannaim, also referred to as the Mishnaic period, lasted about 210 years.
The Aggadah of the Amoraim (sages of the Talmud) is the continuation of that of the Tannaim (sages of the Mishna). The final edition of the Mishnah, which was of such signal importance for the Halakah, is of less significance for the Aggadah, which, in form as well as in content, shows the same characteristics in both periods.
The Talmud refers to these differing versions as Mishnah Rishonah ("First Mishnah") and Mishnah Acharonah ("Last Mishnah"). David Zvi Hoffmann suggests that Mishnah Rishonah actually refers to texts from earlier sages upon which Judah haNasi based his Mishnah. One theory is that the present Mishnah was based on an earlier collection by Rabbi Meir.
While Talmud Bavli has had a standardized page count for over 100 years based on the Vilna edition, the standard page count of the Yerushalmi found in most modern scholarly literature is based on the first printed edition (Venice 1523) which uses folio (#) and column number (a,b,c,and d; eg. Berachot 2d would be folio page 2, column 4).
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Rabbinic literature, in its broadest sense, is the entire corpus of works authored by rabbis throughout Jewish history. [1] The term typically refers to literature from the Talmudic era (70–640 CE), [2] as opposed to medieval and modern rabbinic writings.