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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Tannaitic period canonical 19
Tannaitic era 1

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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 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 Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
Mishnaic Hebrew
linked to: Hebrew
location Babylonia
linked to: Mesopotamia

Galilee
Land of Israel
linked to: Eretz HaKodesh

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

Rabbi Meir
Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai
linked to: Shimon bar Yochai

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

destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE
significantWork Halakhic Midrashim
linked to: Midrash halakha

Mekhilta of Rabbi Ishmael
Mishnah
Sifra
Sifre on Numbers and Deuteronomy
linked to: Sifre Bamidbar

Tosefta
startTime 1st century CE

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Rabbinic Judaism timePeriod Tannaitic period
Tosefta timePeriod Tannaitic period
Judah ha-Nasi associatedWith Tannaitic period
Amoraic period follows Tannaitic period
Amoraic period precededBy Tannaitic period
Nehardea timePeriod Tannaitic period
Rashbi era Tannaitic period
Mishnah Berakhot timePeriod Tannaitic period
Rabbi Yehuda ben Ilai belongsTo Tannaitic period
Nasi (prince) of Israel timePeriod Tannaitic period
Rabbinic literature timePeriod Tannaitic period
Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael timePeriod Tannaitic period
Mishnah Bikkurim period Tannaitic period
Seder Nashim originPeriod Tannaitic era
linked to: Tannaitic period
Judah the Prince timePeriod Tannaitic period
Kinnim timePeriodComposed Tannaitic period
Sanhedrin at Yavneh era Tannaitic period
Sanhedrin at Usha partOf Tannaitic period
Rabbi Ishmael belongsToPeriod Tannaitic period
Rabban Gamaliel II era Tannaitic period