Tannaim

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Jewish religious scholars group of rabbinic sages rabbinic era

The Tannaim were early rabbinic sages of roughly the 1st–3rd centuries CE whose teachings form the core of the Mishnah and laid the foundation for classical Jewish law and tradition.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish religious scholars → group of rabbinic sages → rabbinic era →
centralInstitution	Sanhedrin at Usha → Sanhedrin at Yavneh →
coreText	Halakhic Midrashim → Mishnah → Tosefta →
etymologyLanguage	Mishnaic Hebrew →
etymologyMeaning	repeaters →
field	Aggadah → Halakha → Jewish ethics → Jewish law →
followedBy	Amoraim →
geographicRegion	Land of Israel → Roman Judea →
historicalContext	Roman rule in Judea → post-Second Temple Judaism →
influenced	Amoraim → Talmud → classical Jewish law → later rabbinic literature →
languageOfTeaching	Jewish Aramaic → Mishnaic Hebrew →
legalMethod	development of halakhic midrash → use of hermeneutic principles →
notableMember	Rabban Gamliel II → Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai → Rabbi Akiva → Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus → Rabbi Meir → Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai → Rabbi Tarfon → Rabbi Yehoshua ben Hananiah → Rabbi Yehuda haNasi →
numberOfGenerations	approximately five →
precededBy	Zugot →
primaryActivity	codification of oral law → formulation of Mishnah → legal debate and discourse →
religiousStatus	authoritative interpreters of Torah →
religiousTradition	Judaism →
role	authors of Mishnah-era teachings → teachers of oral Torah → transmitters of Jewish oral tradition →
timePeriodEnd	3rd century CE →
timePeriodStart	1st century CE →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Midrash halakha → Tomb of Rabbi Akiva (traditionally associated) →	associatedWith
Acharonim → Rishonim →	distinguishedFrom
Judah ha-Nasi →	category
Amoraim →	followed
Shimon bar Yochai →	memberOf
Tannaitic period →	namedAfter
Amoraim →	precededBy
Rabbinic Judaism →	recognizesAuthorityOf