Liber XIX · Judaism
Chapter IX
Rabbinic Judaism & the Talmud
8 min readHillel and Shammai: The Great Debates of the Early SagesHillel and Shammai, sages of the first century BCE: their lives and legends, the disputes of their two schools, and why Jewish law follows the Hillelites.8 min readRashi: Life and Commentaries on the Torah and the TalmudRashi of Troyes (1040–1105): his life, his commentaries on the Torah and Talmud, peshat and midrash, Old French glosses, the Tosafists and his legacy.7 min readThe Talmud and Rabbinic Judaism: Mishnah, Gemara and MidrashHow the rabbis rebuilt Judaism after 70 CE: the Oral Torah, the Mishnah, the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds, midrash, and the Talmud's place in Jewish life.