Talmud

n. collection of ancient rabbinic writings on Jewish civil and religious law

The Talmud (Hebrew: תַּלְמוּד) is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, customs, and history.The Talmud has two components: the Mishnah (c. 200 CE), the first written compendium of Judaism's Oral Law; and the Gemara (c. 500 CE), a discussion of the Mishnah and related Tannaitic writings that often ventures onto other subjects and expounds broadly on the Tanakh. The terms Talmud and Gemara are often used interchangeably. The Gemara is the basis for all codes of rabbinic law and is much quoted in other rabbinic literature. The whole Talmud is also traditionally referred to as Shas (a Hebrew abbreviation of shisha sedarim, the "six orders" of the Mishnah).
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Noun
1. the collection of ancient rabbinic writings on Jewish law and tradition (the Mishna and the Gemara) that constitute the basis of religious authority in Orthodox Judaism
(hypernym) Talmudic literature
(part-meronym) Gemara

n. Talmud, body of early Jewish civil and religious law

n. Talmud, collection of ancient rabbinic writings on Jewish civil and religious law