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 |
|---|---|
| Turei Zahav | halachic commentary |
| Mordechai | rabbinic legal text |
| Yehoshua Falk ha-Kohen | Jewish legal scholar |
| Bach on Tur | halachic commentary |
| Bayit Chadash | halachic commentary |
| Eshel Avraham | halachic commentary |
| Rabbi Avraham Gombiner | Jewish legal scholar |
| David HaLevi Segal | Jewish legal scholar |
| Be’er Heitev | halachic commentary |
| Minor tractates | — |
| Codes of Jewish law | halakhic literature |
| Geonic responsa | medieval Jewish literature |
| Saʿīd ibn Yūsuf al-Fayyūmī | Jewish legal scholar |
| Kitāb al-Amānāt wa-l-Iʿtiqādāt | medieval Jewish work |
| Tafsir of the Torah | medieval Jewish work |
| Rav Pe'alim | halachic responsa collection |
| Torah Lishmah | responsa collection |
| Tanhuma midrashim | midrashic work |
| Yelamdenu | Midrash |
| Mekhilta de-Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai | aggadic midrash |
| Mishnah tractate Terumot | rabbinic legal text |
| Leviticus Rabbah | midrash |
| Mikraot Gedolot | rabbinic Bible |
| Demai | Talmudic text |
| Sheviit | tractate of the Talmud |
| Makkot | tractate of the Babylonian Talmud |
| Eduyot | rabbinic legal text |
| Horayot | tractate of the Babylonian Talmud |
| Pirkei Avot | — |
| Six Orders of the Talmud | rabbinic literature classification |
| Keilim | Talmudic text |
| Negaim | Talmudic text |
| Tosafot Yom Tov | Mishnah commentary |
|
Tractate Moed Katan
surface form:
Moed Katan
|
tractate of the Babylonian Talmud |
| Mishnah Arakhin | rabbinic legal text |
| Mappah of Rema | rabbinic gloss |
| Siftei Kohen | halachic commentary |
| Peri Toar | halachic commentary |
| Igrot Moshe responsa on Shulchan Aruch | halachic responsa collection |
| Israel Isserlein | Jewish legal scholar |
| Alphabet of Ben Sira | midrashic text |
|
Isserles
surface form:
Moses Isserles
|
Jewish legal scholar |
| Ashkenazi halakha | halakhic tradition |
|
author Moshe Isserles
surface form:
Moshe Isserles
|
Jewish legal scholar |
| Mordechai ben Hillel | Jewish legal scholar |
| HaMapah on Orach Chaim | Jewish legal commentary |
|
Rabbi Moshe
surface form:
Rabbi Moshe Isserles
|
Jewish legal scholar |
| Darkhei Moshe haKatzar | — |
| Rema on Shulchan Aruch | rabbinic gloss |
| Yaakov Moelin | Jewish legal scholar |