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English Dictionary: Talmud by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Talmud
n
  1. the collection of ancient rabbinic writings on Jewish law and tradition (the Mishna and the Gemara) that constitute the basis of religious authority in Orthodox Judaism
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Talmud \Tal"mud\, n. [Chald. talm[umac]d instruction, doctrine,
      fr. lamad to learn, limmad to teach.]
      The body of the Jewish civil and canonical law not comprised
      in the Pentateuch.
  
      Note: The Talmud consists of two parts, the Mishna, or text,
               and the Gemara, or commentary. Sometimes, however, the
               name Talmud is restricted, especially by Jewish
               writers, to the Gemara. There are two Talmuds, the
               Palestinian, commonly, but incorrectly, called the
               Talmud of Jerusalem, and the Babylonian Talmud. They
               contain the same Mishna, but different Gemaras. The
               Babylonian Talmud is about three times as large as the
               other, and is more highly esteemed by the Jews.
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