Babylonian Talmud

At a glance

History, context & interpretation

The text and its story

The Mishnah with the Gemara, centuries of rabbinic debate on law, ethics, stories and folklore. Every page is laid out with layers of commentary around the core text.

Traditional attribution

Completed under the sages Rav Ashi and Ravina.

Historical scholarship

Generations of rabbis (Amoraim) and later editors (Savoraim).

Context and curiosity

Daf Yomi readers finish all 2,711 pages in about seven and a half years.

Chronology and transmission

This text belongs to Judaism (Sasanian Babylonia). The catalogue gives its approximate dating as c. 500–600 CE and original language or script as Hebrew, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic. The dated manuscript witnesses and traditional claims may not refer to the same historical event.

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Sources and further reading

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talmud

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