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Gemara

noun
1.
The second part of the Talmud consisting primarily of commentary on the Mishna.





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... 1. The Mishnah (literally, "tradition" and then "traditional doctrine") a code of Jewish laws, civil, criminal, religious, and so forth; based ostensibly on the Pentateuch, expounding, applying, and developing the laws contained in the so-called five books of Moses. 2. The Gemara, a word which means literally "completion," or "supplement," i.e., in reference to the Mishnah. Some, however, explain the word as meaning "teaching." The word is used technically to denote the expansion, ...
— The Worlds Greatest Books, Volume XIII. - Religion and Philosophy • Various


Words linked to "Gemara" :   Talmud, religious writing, religious text, sacred writing, sacred text


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