Rabbinic Judaism

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branch of Judaism form of Judaism religious tradition

Rabbinic Judaism is the mainstream form of Judaism that developed after the Second Temple’s destruction, centered on the authority of the rabbis, the Oral Torah, and the interpretation of Jewish law and tradition.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
rabbinic Judaism 3
Rabbanite Judaism 2
Pharisaic Judaism 1

Statements (122)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Judaism ⓘ
form of Judaism ⓘ
religious tradition ⓘ
centralAuthorityFigure Rabbi ⓘ
centralInstitution Beit din ⓘ
Synagogue ⓘ
Beit midrash ⓘ
surface form: Yeshiva
codifiedIn Babylonian Talmud completed around 6th century CE ⓘ
Mishnah around 200 CE ⓘ
contrastsWith Hellenistic Jews ⓘ
surface form: Hellenistic Judaism

Karaite Jews ⓘ
surface form: Karaite Judaism

Sadducees ⓘ
surface form: Sadducean Judaism
developedAfter Roman destruction of the Second Temple ⓘ
surface form: Destruction of the Second Temple

End of the Second Temple period ⓘ
dominantFormOf Contemporary Judaism ⓘ
Rabbinic Judaism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Post-Temple Judaism
emergedFrom Pharisees ⓘ
surface form: Pharisaic Judaism
emphasizes Community over Temple ⓘ
Law and ethics ⓘ
Study over sacrifice ⓘ
geographicScope Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Babylonia

Diaspora communities ⓘ
Global ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
surface form: Land of Israel
hasConcept Aggadah ⓘ
Beit midrash ⓘ
Binding nature of Oral Torah ⓘ
Blessings (berakhot) ⓘ
Chain of tradition ⓘ
Codification of law ⓘ
Community-based law ⓘ
Daily prayer services ⓘ
Fence around the Torah ⓘ
Festival observance ⓘ
Gezerot ⓘ
Halakha ⓘ
Halakhic precedent ⓘ
Kashrut ⓘ
Legal pluralism within halakha ⓘ
Machloket ⓘ
Majority rule in legal decisions ⓘ
Masorah ⓘ
Minhag ⓘ
Mitzvot ⓘ
Mishnah ⓘ
surface form: Oral Torah

Pikuach nefesh ⓘ
Prayer liturgy ⓘ
Public Torah reading ⓘ
Rabbinic Judaism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Rabbinic authority

Rabbinic courts ⓘ
Rabbinic decrees ⓘ
Midrash ⓘ
surface form: Rabbinic hermeneutics

Rabbinic leadership ⓘ
Rabbinic ordination ⓘ
Midrash halakha ⓘ
surface form: Sanhedrin tradition

Shabbat ⓘ
surface form: Shabbat observance

Siddur ⓘ
Synagogue worship ⓘ
Takanot ⓘ
Aseret Yemei Teshuvah ⓘ
surface form: Teshuva

Thirteen principles of exegesis ⓘ
Torah study ⓘ
Torah ⓘ
surface form: Written Torah

Beit midrash ⓘ
surface form: Yeshiva
hasCoreText Halakhic codes ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Midrash ⓘ
Mishnah ⓘ
Responsa literature ⓘ
Shulchan Aruch ⓘ
Talmud ⓘ
includesMovement Conservative Judaism ⓘ
Haredi Jews ⓘ
surface form: Haredi Judaism

Masorti movement ⓘ
surface form: Masorti Judaism

Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
surface form: Modern Orthodox Judaism

Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
Reform Judaism ⓘ
Religious Zionism ⓘ
influencedBy Diaspora conditions ⓘ
Pharisaic legal traditions ⓘ
Temple-era practices ⓘ
languageOfScholarship Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
majorSubtradition Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora ⓘ
surface form: Ashkenazi Judaism

Italian Jews ⓘ
surface form: Italian Judaism

Mizrahi Jews ⓘ
surface form: Mizrahi Judaism

Sephardi Jews ⓘ
surface form: Sephardi Judaism

Yemenite Judaism ⓘ
practiceFeature Circumcision ⓘ
Daily prayer ⓘ
Dietary laws ⓘ
Family purity laws ⓘ
Life-cycle rituals ⓘ
Observance of 613 commandments as interpreted by rabbis ⓘ
Shabbat ⓘ
surface form: Sabbath rest
recognizesAuthorityOf Acharonim ⓘ
Amoraim ⓘ
Geonim ⓘ
Rishonim ⓘ
Tannaim ⓘ
recognizesText Talmud ⓘ
surface form: Babylonian Talmud

Geonic responsa ⓘ
Midrash halakha ⓘ
surface form: Halakhic Midrashim

Talmud ⓘ
surface form: Jerusalem Talmud

Midrash ⓘ
surface form: Midrash Rabbah

Mishnah ⓘ
Rishonim commentaries ⓘ
Shulchan Aruch ⓘ
surface form: Shulchan Aruch and commentaries
theologyFeature Belief in divine revelation at Sinai ⓘ
Belief in messianic redemption ⓘ
Belief in resurrection of the dead ⓘ
Belief in reward and punishment ⓘ
Centrality of Torah ⓘ
Covenant between God and Israel ⓘ
timePeriod Amoraic period ⓘ
Geonic period ⓘ
Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
surface form: Late Second Temple period

Medieval period ⓘ
Modern period ⓘ
Tannaitic period ⓘ
viewsOralTorahAs Authoritative interpretation of Written Torah ⓘ
Transmitted tradition from Sinai ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amidah → associatedWithTextualTradition → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
The Twelve Minor Prophets → canonicalIn → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
Apostle Paul → convertedFrom → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pharisaic Judaism
Tomb of Maimonides → culturalContext → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
Kingdom of Judah → culturalInfluenceOn → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
Tannaitic period → culture → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
Hasidism → developedFrom → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
Karaite Jews → differsFrom → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
Bnei Mikra → distinguishesFrom → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
Rabbinic Judaism → dominantFormOf → Rabbinic Judaism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Post-Temple Judaism
Palestinian Jews → followed → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
Second Temple Judaism → followedBy → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
Chinese Jews of Kaifeng → followedRite → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
Ancient Israel → foundationalTraditionFor → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
Decalogue → hasCanonicalStatusIn → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
Rabbinic Judaism → hasConcept → Rabbinic Judaism self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rabbinic authority
Contemporary Judaism → hasHistoricalRoot → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
Esther → includedInCanonOf → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
Second Temple Judaism → influenced → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
Musar movement → influencedBy → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
Saadia Gaon → influencedBy → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
Machloket → isCentralTo → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
this entity surface form: rabbinic Judaism
Sefer ha-Galuy → mainSubject → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
Rabbi Akiva → movement → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
Hellenistic Jews → relatedTo → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
Masorah → religiousContext → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
Romaniote Jews → religiousLawTradition → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
this entity surface form: rabbinic Judaism
Juhurim → religiousTradition → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
Kodashim → religiousTradition → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
Sura → religiousTradition → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
Tanakh → religiousTradition → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
Tafsir of the Torah → religiousViewpoint → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rabbanite Judaism
Pharisees → sourceFor → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rabbanite Judaism
Beit Yosef → tradition → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
Hallel → tradition → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
Midrash halakha → tradition → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
Sefer ha-Galuy → tradition → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
subject surface form: Shimon bar Yochai
Talmud → tradition → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
Anno Mundi → usedBy → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
this entity surface form: rabbinic Judaism
Adar I → usedByCommunity → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
Ten Commandments → veneratedInDenomination → Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ