rabbinic literature
C2501
concept
Rabbinic literature is the body of Jewish religious writings produced by rabbinic sages, including the Mishnah, Talmud, Midrash, and related commentaries, that interpret and expand upon the Hebrew Bible and Jewish law.
All labels observed (66)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| rabbinic literature canonical | 31 |
| Jewish legal scholar | 30 |
| Kabbalistic work | 30 |
| halachic commentary | 26 |
| Jewish mystical work | 12 |
| Kabbalistic text | 10 |
| Jewish legal work | 8 |
| tractate of the Babylonian Talmud | 7 |
| rabbinic legal text | 6 |
| Talmudic text | 4 |
| commentary on Mishneh Torah | 4 |
| medieval Jewish work | 4 |
| Jewish legal commentary | 3 |
| aggadic midrash | 3 |
| genre of rabbinic literature | 3 |
| halakhic compendium | 3 |
| midrash halakha | 3 |
| responsa collection | 3 |
| Hekhalot literature | 2 |
| Mishnah commentary | 2 |
| Talmud | 2 |
| Zoharic work | 2 |
| halachic responsa collection | 2 |
| halakhic literature | 2 |
| rabbinic gloss | 2 |
| section of the Shulchan Aruch | 2 |
| tractate of the Jerusalem Talmud | 2 |
| tractate of the Talmud | 2 |
| Aramaic-language book | 1 |
| Chabad philosophical text | 1 |
| Hebrew religious book | 1 |
| Jewish homiletic work | 1 |
| Jewish literary tradition | 1 |
| Jewish text corpus | 1 |
| Jewish wisdom narrative | 1 |
| Midrash | 1 |
| Midrashic collection | 1 |
| Rabbinic literature | 1 |
| Talmud commentary | 1 |
| Talmudic tractates | 1 |
| Torah scholarship | 1 |
| book about the 613 commandments | 1 |
| book of Mishneh Torah | 1 |
| classical Jewish text | 1 |
| classical Jewish work | 1 |
| compiler of the Mishnah | 1 |
| folio of the Babylonian Talmud | 1 |
| halachic responsa work | 1 |
| halakhic liturgical guide | 1 |
| halakhic tradition | 1 |
| homiletic midrash | 1 |
| medieval Jewish literature | 1 |
| midrash | 1 |
| midrashic collection | 1 |
| midrashic text | 1 |
| midrashic work | 1 |
| post-Talmudic treatises | 1 |
| rabbinic Bible | 1 |
| rabbinic commentary corpus | 1 |
| rabbinic exegesis | 1 |
| rabbinic glosses | 1 |
| rabbinic literary corpus | 1 |
| rabbinic literature classification | 1 |
| section of Jewish legal literature | 1 |
| source of Jewish law | 1 |
| supplement to the Mishnah | 1 |
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Rabbinic literature is the body of Jewish religious writings produced by rabbinic sages, including the Mishnah, Talmud, Midrash, and related commentaries, that interpret and expand upon the Hebrew Bible and Jewish law.
Instances (201)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Sefer Ha-Halachot | halakhic compendium |
| Talmud Yerushalmi | Talmud |
| Natronai Gaon | Jewish legal scholar |
| Rabbi Shabbetai HaKohen | Jewish legal scholar |
| Sefer HaMavet | Jewish mystical work |
| Rabbi David HaLevi Segal | Jewish legal scholar |
|
Rabbi Eliezer Waldenberg
surface form:
Eliezer Waldenberg
|
Jewish legal scholar |
| Raavad (Abraham ben David of Posquières) | Jewish legal scholar |
| Sefer HaChinuch | Jewish legal work |
| Yoreh Deah | section of the Shulchan Aruch |
| 3 Enoch | Hekhalot literature |
| Rabbi Ishmael | Jewish legal scholar |
| Commentary on the Tanakh | medieval Jewish work |
| Midrash | Jewish literary tradition |
| Torat Kohanim | midrash halakha |
| Commentary on Safra | halachic commentary |
| Biur ha-Gra on Shulchan Aruch | halachic commentary |
| Gate of Reincarnations | Kabbalistic work |
| Garden of the Nut | Kabbalistic work |
| Book of the Tree of Life | Kabbalistic work |
| Shaar HaKavanot | Kabbalistic work |
| Shaar HaMitzvot | Kabbalistic work |
| Book of Visions | Kabbalistic work |
| Judah ha-Nasi | compiler of the Mishnah |
| Sefer HaHezyonot | Kabbalistic text |
| Gates of Light | Kabbalistic work |
| Book of Concealment | Kabbalistic text |
| Great Assembly | Kabbalistic work |
| Talmud Bavli Berakhot | tractate of the Babylonian Talmud |
|
commentaries of Rashi
surface form:
Commentaries of Rashi on Mishnah Berakhot
|
rabbinic exegesis |
| commentaries of Maimonides | rabbinic commentary corpus |
| The Palm Tree of Devorah | Kabbalistic work |
| Tosefta | supplement to the Mishnah |
| The Greater Holy Assembly | Kabbalistic text |
| Book of Judgments | section of Jewish legal literature |
| Sefer HaLikkutim | Kabbalistic work |
| Reshit Chochmah | Kabbalistic work |
| Even Ha’ezer | section of the Shulchan Aruch |
|
Rabbi Moshe Isserles
surface form:
Moshe Isserles
|
Jewish legal scholar |
|
Rabbi Moshe Trani (Mabit)
surface form:
Moshe Trani
|
Jewish legal scholar |
| Divrei Chaim | — |
| Beit Yosef | halachic commentary |
| Sermon on Rosh Hashanah | Jewish homiletic work |
| Sma | Jewish legal scholar |
| Shach | Jewish legal scholar |
| works of the Chofetz Chaim | rabbinic literary corpus |
| Talmud Bavli | Talmud |
| Commentary on the Talmud (Rosh on the Talmud) | Talmud commentary |
| Siftei Da’at | halachic commentary |
| Siftei Da’at on Shach | halachic commentary |