Seven Rules of Hillel

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method of halakhic derivation rabbinic hermeneutic principles rules of biblical interpretation

The Seven Rules of Hillel are an early set of rabbinic hermeneutic principles traditionally attributed to Hillel the Elder, used to derive Jewish law and interpret the Hebrew Bible.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Rabbi Ishmael's thirteen principles	1
Seven Rules of Hillel canonical	1
Thirteen Rules of Rabbi Ishmael	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	method of halakhic derivation ⓘ rabbinic hermeneutic principles ⓘ rules of biblical interpretation ⓘ
aim	to derive halakhic norms from biblical texts ⓘ to systematize interpretation of Scripture ⓘ
appliedBy	Tannaitic sages ⓘ later rabbinic authorities ⓘ
appliedToText	Tanakh ⓘ Torah ⓘ
category	Jewish hermeneutics ⓘ Jewish legal methodology ⓘ
component	Binyan av mi-shnei ketuvim ⓘ surface form: Binyan av mi-katuv echad Binyan av mi-shnei ketuvim ⓘ surface form: Binyan av mi-shenei ketuvim Davar ha-lamed me-inyano ⓘ Gezerah shavah ⓘ Kal va-chomer ⓘ Kayotze bo mi-makom acher ⓘ Kelal u-ferat ⓘ
documentedIn	Talmudic literature ⓘ
epistemicStatus	traditionally accepted in rabbinic literature ⓘ
field	biblical exegesis ⓘ halakha ⓘ
hasNumberOfRules	7 ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late Second Temple period ⓘ
influenced	later rabbinic hermeneutic systems ⓘ
influenceOn	development of halakhic midrash ⓘ rabbinic legal reasoning ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources	Hebrew ⓘ
methodologicalApproach	inference from text to law ⓘ
namedAfter	Hillel the Elder ⓘ
predecessorOf	Seven Rules of Hillel self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Thirteen Rules of Rabbi Ishmael
principleType	logical inference rules ⓘ textual comparison rules ⓘ
relatedConcept	middot shehaTorah nidreshet bahen ⓘ
relatedTo	Thirteen Principles of Rabbi Ishmael ⓘ
religiousLawSystem	rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
religiousTradition	Judaism ⓘ
scope	legal passages of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
sourceType	oral tradition ⓘ
traditionallyAttributedTo	Hillel the Elder ⓘ
usedFor	deriving Jewish law ⓘ interpreting the Hebrew Bible ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Thirteen principles of exegesis → relatedWork → Seven Rules of Hillel ⓘ

subject surface form: Thirteen Principles of Exegesis

Kal va-chomer → attributedTo → Seven Rules of Hillel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rabbi Ishmael's thirteen principles

Seven Rules of Hillel → predecessorOf → Seven Rules of Hillel self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thirteen Rules of Rabbi Ishmael