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en-wikipedia-org-3982		Rabbinic literature - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	2978	563	58	Collective term for Classic Jewish literature, written by, or attributed to the rabbis who lived prior to the 6th century This more specific sense of "Rabbinic literature"—referring to the Talmudim, Midrash (Hebrew: מדרש‎), and related writings, but hardly ever to later texts—is how the term is generally intended when used in contemporary academic writing. On the other hand, the terms meforshim and parshanim (commentaries/commentators) almost always refer to later, post-Talmudic writers of rabbinic glosses on Biblical and Talmudic texts. The Mishnah and the Tosefta (compiled from materials pre-dating the year 200 CE) are the earliest extant works of rabbinic literature, expounding and developing Judaism's Oral Law, as well as ethical teachings. Works of the Acharonim (the "later" rabbinical commentators)[edit] In Judaism these words refer to commentaries on the Torah (five books of Moses), Tanakh, Mishnah, Talmud, the responsa literature, or even the siddur (Jewish prayerbook), and more. Classic Torah and Talmud commentaries[edit]	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3982.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3982.txt