Talmud
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The Talmud is a central Jewish religious text comprising rabbinic discussions, legal rulings, and interpretations of the Hebrew Bible that form the foundation of traditional Jewish law and theology.
All labels observed (19)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Talmud canonical | 171 |
| Babylonian Talmud | 19 |
| Talmud Bavli | 10 |
| Gemara | 7 |
| Babylonian Talmudic tradition | 4 |
| Jerusalem Talmud | 3 |
| Talmudic literature | 2 |
| Babylonian Talmud tradition | 1 |
| Oral Torah | 1 |
| Palestinian Talmud | 1 |
| Talmud Megillah | 1 |
| Talmud Megillah 6b | 1 |
| Talmud Rosh Hashanah 32a | 1 |
| Talmud Yerushalmi | 1 |
| Talmud, tractate Shabbat | 1 |
| Talmud, tractate Ta’anit | 1 |
| Talmudic sugyot | 1 |
| TalmudicLaw | 1 |
| Torah she-be-al peh | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T30419 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Talmud Context triple: [Jews, hasReligiousText, Talmud]
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A.
Bible
The Bible is the central sacred scripture of Christianity, comprising the Old and New Testaments and serving as the foundational text for Christian belief and practice.
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B.
Judaism
Judaism is one of the world’s oldest monotheistic religions, centered on the covenant between God and the Jewish people and expressed through the Hebrew Bible, law, and tradition.
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C.
Mens et Manus
Mens et Manus is the Latin motto of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, expressing the union of mind and hand in the pursuit of knowledge and practical application.
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D.
Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments are a foundational set of biblical moral principles that outline core duties toward God and other people in the Judeo-Christian tradition.
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E.
SHASS
SHASS is the abbreviated name commonly used for the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at academic institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Talmud Target entity description: The Talmud is a central Jewish religious text comprising rabbinic discussions, legal rulings, and interpretations of the Hebrew Bible that form the foundation of traditional Jewish law and theology.
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A.
Bible
The Bible is the central sacred scripture of Christianity, comprising the Old and New Testaments and serving as the foundational text for Christian belief and practice.
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B.
Judaism
Judaism is one of the world’s oldest monotheistic religions, centered on the covenant between God and the Jewish people and expressed through the Hebrew Bible, law, and tradition.
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C.
Mens et Manus
Mens et Manus is the Latin motto of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, expressing the union of mind and hand in the pursuit of knowledge and practical application.
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D.
Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments are a foundational set of biblical moral principles that outline core duties toward God and other people in the Judeo-Christian tradition.
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E.
SHASS
SHASS is the abbreviated name commonly used for the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at academic institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
central text of Judaism
ⓘ
rabbinic literature ⓘ religious text ⓘ |
| authorityIn |
Conservative Judaism
ⓘ
Orthodox Judaism ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Torah ⓘ |
| compiledIn |
Mesopotamia
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonia
Canaan ⓘ
surface form:
Land of Israel
|
| contains |
aggadic material
ⓘ
biblical exegesis ⓘ civil law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ ethical teachings ⓘ legal discussions ⓘ narratives ⓘ parables ⓘ procedural law ⓘ rabbinic debates ⓘ ritual law ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Mishnah
ⓘ
surface form:
Oral Torah
|
| field |
Halakha
ⓘ
Jewish ethics ⓘ Jewish law ⓘ Jewish theology ⓘ |
| genre |
legal commentary
ⓘ
religious commentary ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Talmud
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Gemara
Mishnah ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
Talmud
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonian Talmud
Talmud self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Jerusalem Talmud
|
| influenced |
Jewish law codes
ⓘ
Mishneh Torah ⓘ Shulchan Aruch ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Second Temple Judaism ⓘ |
| language |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| script | Hebrew alphabet ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
rabbis
ⓘ
yeshiva students ⓘ |
| studiedIn | yeshiva ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late antiquity ⓘ |
| tradition | Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ |
| use |
daily Jewish practice
ⓘ
legal decision-making ⓘ rabbinic education ⓘ religious study ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Talmud Description of subject: The Talmud is a central Jewish religious text comprising rabbinic discussions, legal rulings, and interpretations of the Hebrew Bible that form the foundation of traditional Jewish law and theology.
Referenced by (228)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
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Agunot
this entity surface form:
TalmudicLaw
this entity surface form:
Gemara
subject surface form:
Sura Academy
this entity surface form:
Babylonian Talmudic tradition
this entity surface form:
Babylonian Talmudic tradition
this entity surface form:
Gemara
subject surface form:
Moshe Feinstein
subject surface form:
Men of the Great Assembly
subject surface form:
Yitzchak Weiss