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A Short Biography of The Talmud

Tome Name:

The Talmud

Early Name:

Gemara

Other Names:

Gemara

Created:

200





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The Talmud, or Gemara. Both these synonymous terms derive from words meaning "study" or "learning." "Talmud" is Hebrew, whereas "Gemara" - in the present sense, is found only in the Aramaic dialect of the Babylonian Talmud.
Written between 500 BC and 400 AD