Tannaitic period

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The Tannaitic period was the early era of Rabbinic Judaism, roughly from the 1st to early 3rd centuries CE, during which the Mishnah and related foundational rabbinic teachings were developed and compiled.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf era of Rabbinic Judaism
historical period
chronologicalContext 1st–early 3rd centuries CE
culture Rabbinic Judaism
endTime early 3rd century CE
followedBy Amoraic period
follows Second Temple Judaism
surface form: Second Temple period

late Biblical period
hasCharacteristic development of early midrash
emergence of rabbinic authority
formation of Yavneh-centered leadership
interaction with Roman rule
oral transmission of teachings
redaction of earlier traditions
response to destruction of the Second Temple
systematization of halakha
use of Mishnaic Hebrew
hasMainSubject development of the Mishnah
early rabbinic law
halakhic codification
oral Torah traditions
hasPart generation of Rabbi Akiva and his students
generation of Rabbi Judah haNasi
generation of Yavneh sages
generation of the Zugot
language Palestinian Aramaic dialects
surface form: Jewish Palestinian Aramaic

Hebrew
surface form: Mishnaic Hebrew
location Mesopotamia
surface form: Babylonia

Galilee
Eretz HaKodesh
surface form: Land of Israel

Judea
surface form: Roman Judea
namedAfter Tannaim
notableFigure Rabban Gamaliel II
Rabbi Akiva
Judah ha-Nasi
surface form: Rabbi Judah haNasi

Rabbi Meir
Shimon bar Yochai
surface form: Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai

Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai
surface form: Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai
partOf history of Judaism
history of Rabbinic literature
religion Judaism
significantEvent Jewish–Roman wars
surface form: Bar Kokhba revolt

destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE
significantWork Midrash halakha
surface form: Halakhic Midrashim

Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael
surface form: Mekhilta of Rabbi Ishmael

Mishnah
Sifra
Sifre Bamidbar
surface form: Sifre on Numbers and Deuteronomy

Tosefta
startTime 1st century CE

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Judah ha-Nasi associatedWith Tannaitic period
Amoraic period follows Tannaitic period
Amoraic period precededBy Tannaitic period
Nehardea timePeriod Tannaitic period
Rabbinic Judaism timePeriod Tannaitic period
Tosefta timePeriod Tannaitic period