Gemara

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Gemara

Gemara, ge-mä’rȧ (Aram., complement) also transliterated Gemora, Gemarah or, less commonly, Gemorra. That portion of the two Talmuds, the Babylonian and the Jerusalem, containing the annotations, discussions, and amplifications of the Mishna, or Talmudical law, by the schools of Babylon and Palestine. The Babylonian Gemara is far more complete than the Jerusalem, as well as more lucid, and is a more highly valued authority. It was not completed till about A.D. 800. The Jerusalem Gemara belongs to the middle of the fourth century A.D.

See Also

  • Mishna
  • Talmud
  • Oral Law

Further Reading

  • The Essential Talmud: Thirtieth Anniversary Edition, Adin Steinsaltz (Basic Books, 2006).
  • The Talmud: A Reference Guide, Adin Steinsaltz (Random House, 1996).
  • Introduction to The Talmud and Midrash, H.L. Strack and G. Stemberger (Fortress Press, 1992).
  • The infinite chain : Torah, masorah, and man, Nathan T. Lopes Cardozo (Targum Press Distributed by Philipp Feldheim, 1989)

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