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Rabbinic Judaism claims that the law (Torah) revealed at Sinai had both a written and oral form. The written form can be found in the Torah , or the five books of Moses . The oral revelation was revealed to those present and transmitted orally through the generations to the time of the second Temple In Jerusalem . Its propositional content is evident in prophetic and other biblical writings, has been codified in the Mishna and Gemarah, and finds interpretation in Subsequent Rabbinic Decisions And Writings . The premise for this is that the Written Torah can not be properly understood without the benefit of knowing the Oral Torah and is therefore characterized by reliance on the written Torah as well as the Oral Law (the Mishnah , Talmuds and subsequent rabbinic decisions) as '' Halakha '' (''legally binding'', i.e. required religious practice). Rabbinic Judaism represents the largest group of Judaism and is in most vernacular forms used interchangeably with the term "Judaism." There are, however, different interpretations among religious groups within Rabbinic Judaism about the nature of revelation and the function of rabbinic decisions, as well as what even constitutes Rabbinic Judaism. The three main divisions are:
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