John 10:34 "Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your law.."
Rabbinical Literature in Second Temple Jerusalem
The
Rabbinic Writings, The Mishnah, and the Talmud. During the first century A.D.
the Pharisaic rabbis created many commentaries on the Torah. When Jesus began
his ministry He attacked the Pharisees for putting their traditions above the
word of God. All the writings and commentaries of the first two centuries A.D.
were compiled and organized into a collection by a man named Judah Hanasi around
200 A.D. forming a collection called the Mishnah. The Pharisaic rabbis were
known as the "Tannaim" which in Hebrew is translated teachers, and these men
were the teachers who regulated the law. There was another collection of their
commentary which was much smaller, it was known as the Tosefta which in Hebrew
means "enlargement". The later commentaries on the Mishnah were made by
"expositors".
Introduction
Brief Historical Background
The Jews and Torah
The Holy Scriptures
The Apocrypha
The Apocryphal Literature
The Oral Law
The Mishnah
The Gemara
The Halakah
The Haggadah
The Midrash
The Zugoth
The Tannaim
The Amoraim
The Tosefta
The Baraitha
The Talmud
The Tractates of the Mishnah
The Palestinian Talmud
The Babylonian Talmud
The Purpose and Heart of the Law
- A Heart Message
Glossary
Timeline
Rabbinical Writings Chart
The Persian Period 430-332 B.C.
The Greek Period 331-167 B.C.
The Period of Independence 167-63 B.C.
The Roman Period 63 B.C to the time of Christ
The Old Testament Canon
The Apocrypha
Other Writings
The Septuagint
The Text of the Old Testament
The Aramaic Language
The Targums
The Talmud
The Great Synagogue
The Sanhedrin
Synagogues
The Dispersion
Pharisees
Sadducees
Scribes
Preparation for Christ
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Index of Topics
A
- Ascension of Isaiah
- Assumption of Moses
B
- Baruch
- Bel and the Dragon
- Book of Jubilees
- Books of Enoch
- Brief Historical Background
E
- Ecclesiasticus
G
- Glossary
H
- History of Susanna
I
- I Esdras
- I Maccabees
- II Esdras
- II Maccabees
- Introduction
J
- Judith
M
- Moedh
N
P
- Pharisees
- Prayer of Manasses
- Preparation for Christ
- Psalms of Solomon
Q
- Qodhashim
R
- Rabbinic Chart
S
- Sadducees
- Scribes
- Sibylline Oracles
- Song of the Three Holy Children
- Synagogues
T
- Teharoth
- Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs
- The Amoraim
- The Apocrypha
- The Apocryphal Literature
- The Aramaic Language
- The Babylonian Talmud
- The Baraitha
- The Dispersion
- The Gemara
- The Great Synagogue
- The Greek Period
- The Haggadah
- The Halakah
- The Holy Scriptures
- The Jews and Torah
- The Midrash
- The Midrash Halakah
- The Mishnah
- The Old Testament Canon
- The Oral Law
- The Palestinian Talmud
- The Period of Independence
- The Persian Period
- The Purpose and Heart of the Law
- The Rest of Esther
- The Roman Period
- The Sanhedrin
- The Septuagint
- The Talmud
- The Tannaim
- The Targums
- The Text of the Old Testament
- The Tosefta
- The Tractates of the Mishnah
- The Zugoth
- Tobit
W
- Welcome
- Wisdom of Solomon
Z
- Zeraim
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