Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael

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Jewish legal text halakhic midrash rabbinic literature tannaitic midrash

Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael is a tannaitic halakhic midrash on the Book of Exodus, offering early rabbinic legal and interpretive commentary on the biblical text.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael canonical	3
Mekhilta of Rabbi Ishmael	2
School of Rabbi Ishmael	2
Baraita of Rabbi Ishmael	1
Mekhilta	1
Mekhilta d’Rabbi Yishmael	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2030039 — 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: Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael
Context triple: [Midrash, includesWork, Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael]

A. Magid Mishneh
Magid Mishneh is a classic rabbinic commentary on Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah, authored by Rabbi Vidal of Tolosa and widely studied in halakhic scholarship.
B. Arba’ah Turim
Arba’ah Turim is a foundational 14th-century Jewish legal code by Rabbi Jacob ben Asher that systematically organizes and clarifies halakhic rulings for practical religious life.
C. Mishneh LaMelech
Mishneh LaMelech is a classic rabbinic commentary by Rabbi Yehudah Rosanes that provides analytical elucidation and halachic discussion on Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah.
D. Tosefta
The Tosefta is an early rabbinic compilation of Jewish oral law that supplements and parallels the Mishnah with additional teachings and legal material.
E. Kedushat Levi
Kedushat Levi is a foundational Hasidic work of spiritual and mystical commentary on the Torah, authored by Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev.
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: Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael
Target entity description: Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael is a tannaitic halakhic midrash on the Book of Exodus, offering early rabbinic legal and interpretive commentary on the biblical text.

A. Magid Mishneh
Magid Mishneh is a classic rabbinic commentary on Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah, authored by Rabbi Vidal of Tolosa and widely studied in halakhic scholarship.
B. Arba’ah Turim
Arba’ah Turim is a foundational 14th-century Jewish legal code by Rabbi Jacob ben Asher that systematically organizes and clarifies halakhic rulings for practical religious life.
C. Mishneh LaMelech
Mishneh LaMelech is a classic rabbinic commentary by Rabbi Yehudah Rosanes that provides analytical elucidation and halachic discussion on Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah.
D. Tosefta
The Tosefta is an early rabbinic compilation of Jewish oral law that supplements and parallels the Mishnah with additional teachings and legal material.
E. Kedushat Levi
Kedushat Levi is a foundational Hasidic work of spiritual and mystical commentary on the Torah, authored by Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish legal text ⓘ halakhic midrash ⓘ rabbinic literature ⓘ tannaitic midrash ⓘ
approximateDate	2nd–3rd century CE ⓘ
associatedSchool	Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: School of Rabbi Ishmael
attributedTo	Rabbi Ishmael ⓘ
category	Midrash halakha ⓘ surface form: Midrash halakha on Exodus Midrashim on the Torah ⓘ
citationForm	Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mekhilta d’Rabbi Yishmael
citationType	primary source for tannaitic exegesis of Exodus ⓘ
contains	aggadic passages ⓘ halakhic material ⓘ
coversSection	Exodus 12–35 (with gaps) ⓘ
criticalEditionBy	Jacob Z. Lauterbach ⓘ
criticalEditionLanguage	Hebrew text with English translation ⓘ
criticalEditionPublisher	Jewish Publication Society ⓘ
discusses	civil and ritual laws derived from Exodus ⓘ laws of Passover ⓘ laws of Shabbat ⓘ laws of festivals ⓘ
focus	exegesis of biblical verses ⓘ legal interpretation of Exodus ⓘ
genre	midrash halakha ⓘ
influenced	later halakhic authorities ⓘ medieval commentators ⓘ
language	Aramaic ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ
method	derivation of halakhot from biblical verses ⓘ use of hermeneutical rules of Rabbi Ishmael ⓘ
modernStudyField	Talmudic and Midrashic studies ⓘ history of halakha ⓘ
preservation	transmitted in various manuscript traditions ⓘ
preservedIn	medieval manuscripts ⓘ
regionOfOrigin	Eretz HaKodesh ⓘ surface form: Land of Israel
relatedWork	Sifra ⓘ Sifre Devarim ⓘ surface form: Sifre on Deuteronomy Sifre Bamidbar ⓘ surface form: Sifre on Numbers
religiousTradition	Judaism ⓘ
structure	organized according to the biblical text of Exodus ⓘ
subject	Book of Exodus ⓘ
timePeriod	Tannaitic period ⓘ
usedBy	Talmudic sages ⓘ
usedIn	halakhic discourse ⓘ
usesForm	tannaitic baraitot ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Midrash → includesWork → Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael ⓘ

Tosefta → relatedWork → Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mekhilta

Rabbi Akiva → legalSchoolContrastedWith → Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael ⓘ

this entity surface form: School of Rabbi Ishmael

Thirteen principles of exegesis → alsoKnownAs → Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael ⓘ

subject surface form: Thirteen Principles of Exegesis

this entity surface form: Baraita of Rabbi Ishmael

Tannaitic period → significantWork → Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mekhilta of Rabbi Ishmael

Sifre Devarim → relatedWork → Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael ⓘ

Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael → associatedSchool → Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: School of Rabbi Ishmael

Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael → citationForm → Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mekhilta d’Rabbi Yishmael

Sifre Bamidbar → relatedWork → Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael ⓘ

Rabbi Ishmael → associatedWithText → Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael ⓘ