• According to Rabbinic Judaism, the Oral Torah or Oral Law (Hebrew: תּוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל־פֶּה‎, romanized: Tōrā šebbəʿal-pe) are statutes and legal interpretations...
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    literature, the word Torah denotes both the five books (תורה שבכתב‎ "Torah that is written") and the Oral Torah (תורה שבעל פה‎, "Torah that is spoken")....
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    Rabbinic Judaism (category Oral Torah)
    Written Torah (Torah she-be-Khetav) and the Oral Torah (Torah she-be-al Peh) from God. The Oral Torah, transmitted orally, explains the Written Torah. At...
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  • Pharisees (category Oral Torah)
    Written Torah and rejecting Prophets, Writings, and doctrines such as the Oral Torah and the resurrection of the dead. Josephus (c. 37 – c. 100 CE), believed...
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    scripture, the supplemental Oral Torah is represented by later texts, such as the Midrash and the Talmud. The Hebrew-language word torah can mean "teaching",...
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  • collective body of Jewish religious laws that are derived from the Written and Oral Torah. Halakha is based on biblical commandments (mitzvot), subsequent Talmudic...
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    Mishnah (section Oral law)
    is the first major written collection of the Jewish oral traditions that are known as the Oral Torah. It is also the first major work of rabbinic literature...
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    of the Written and Oral Torah. In Rabbinic Judaism, the Torah consists of both the written Torah (Pentateuch) and a tradition of oral law, much of it later...
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  • The Torah (lit. 'teaching'), both written and oral, tells the story of this covenant, and provides Jews with the terms of the covenant. The Oral Torah is...
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    Talmud (category Oral Torah)
    components: the Mishnah (משנה, c. 200 CE), a written compendium of the Oral Torah; and the Gemara (גמרא, c. 500 CE), an elucidation of the Mishnah and related...
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