Talmudic

See also: talmudic

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Etymology

From Talmud +‎ -ic.

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Talmudic (not comparable)

  1. (Judaism) Of or relating to the Talmud. [17th c.]
    Synonym: Talmudical
    Coordinate term: Tanakhic
    • 2006, Abraham Isaac Kook, Gold from the Land of Israel, Chanan Morrison, →ISBN, page 150:
      Talmudic tradition (Shabbat 92a) connects them with a hekesh, teaching that both reached full stature: “Just as the mishkan was ten cubits tall, so too the altar was ten cubits tall.”
    • 2009 May 8, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      Various textual analyses are provided by a criminologist, an anthropologist, a researcher in lexicometry and a Talmudic exegete.
  2. (history) Of or relating to the era of Jewish history, immediately following the destruction of the Second Temple, during which the Talmud was being compiled (c. 70–500 AD). [19th c.]
    the Talmudic period
    post-Talmudic writers
  3. (by extension) Making extremely fine distinctions in a manner reminiscent of the Talmud; hairsplitting.
    Synonym: (derogatory, dated) Jesuitic

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