Tannaim

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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.

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Tannaim canonical 33
Tannaitic sages 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish religious scholars ⓘ
group of rabbinic sages ⓘ
rabbinic era ⓘ
centralInstitution Sanhedrin at Usha ⓘ
Sanhedrin at Yavneh ⓘ
coreText Halakhic Midrashim ⓘ
linked to: Midrash halakha

Mishnah ⓘ
Tosefta ⓘ
etymologyLanguage Mishnaic Hebrew ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew
etymologyMeaning repeaters ⓘ
field Aggadah ⓘ
Halakha ⓘ
Jewish ethics ⓘ
Jewish law ⓘ
followedBy Amoraim ⓘ
geographicRegion Land of Israel ⓘ
linked to: Eretz HaKodesh

Roman Judea ⓘ
linked to: Judea
historicalContext Roman rule in Judea ⓘ
post-Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
influenced Amoraim ⓘ
Talmud ⓘ
classical Jewish law ⓘ
later rabbinic literature ⓘ
languageOfTeaching Jewish Aramaic ⓘ
Mishnaic Hebrew ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ
linked to: Shimon bar Yochai

Rabbi Tarfon ⓘ
Rabbi Yehoshua ben Hananiah ⓘ
Rabbi Yehuda haNasi ⓘ
linked to: Judah ha-Nasi
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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (34)

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

Shimon bar Yochai → memberOf → Tannaim ⓘ
Judah ha-Nasi → category → Tannaim ⓘ
Amoraim → followed → Tannaim ⓘ
Amoraim → precededBy → Tannaim ⓘ
Acharonim → distinguishedFrom → Tannaim ⓘ
Rishonim → distinguishedFrom → Tannaim ⓘ
Tannaitic period → namedAfter → Tannaim ⓘ
Sifre Devarim → associatedWith → Tannaim ⓘ
Rava → precededBy → Tannaim ⓘ
Savoraim → distinctFrom → Tannaim ⓘ
Tractate Beitzah → discussesBy → Tannaim ⓘ
Zugot → followedBy → Tannaim ⓘ
Yavneh → associatedWith → Tannaitic sages ⓘ
linked to: Tannaim
Rabbi Tarfon → category → Tannaim ⓘ
Nezikin → compiledBy → Tannaim ⓘ
Eleazar ben Arach → category → Tannaim ⓘ
Mishnaic Hebrew → usedBy → Tannaim ⓘ
Pirkei Avot → attributedTo → Tannaim ⓘ
Negaim → traditionalAuthorship → Tannaim ⓘ
Amora → transmitsTraditionFrom → Tannaim ⓘ
Moed Katan → traditionAttributesMishnahTo → Tannaim ⓘ
subject linked to: Tractate Moed Katan