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Amoraim (ä`mōrä`ĭm) [Heb. amar=to interpret], in Judaism, term referring to those scholars, predominantly at Caesarea and Tiberias in Palestine (c.A.D. 220–c.A.D. 375) and in Babylonia (c.A.D. 200–c.A.D. 500), who interpreted the Mishna Mishna (mĭsh`nə), in Judaism, codified collection of Oral Law—legal interpretations of portions of the biblical books of ..... Click the link for more information. and other Tannaitic collections (see Talmud Talmud (tăl`məd) [Aramaic from Heb. ..... Click the link for more information. ). Serving as judges, communal administrators, teachers, and collectors of charity, they were responsive to contemporary problems. Working to supersede the Temple cult, they helped establish the ideal that all Jews should devote themselves to study of the Torah. Their discussions constitute the section of the Talmud known as the Gemara. In addition, they were responsible for much of the nonlegal or aggadic material that appears in the Talmud and in the Midrashim (see Midrash Midrash (mĭd`räsh) [Heb. ..... Click the link for more information. ). BibliographySee J. Neusner, There We Sat Down (1972); H. L. Strack, Introduction to the Talmud and Midrash (1931, rev. ed. 1991). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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these folks really talk - just as the rabbis or the amoraim (the writers
of Talmud) do - and they talk about specific things: what does the
serpent mean in the story of the Fall; why does Abraham in Egypt tell
Sarah to pretend to be his sister; how could God play the savage trick
on Abraham of asking him to sacrifice his only son Isaac? |
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