rabbinism

American  

[rab-uh-niz-uhm] / ˈræb əˌnɪz əm /

noun

1. the beliefs, practices, and precepts of the rabbis of the Talmudic period.

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rabbinism British  

/ ˈræbɪˌnɪzəm /

noun

1. the teachings and traditions of the rabbis of the Talmudic period

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Other Word Forms

• rabbinist noun
• rabbinistic adjective

Etymology

Origin of rabbinism

First recorded in 1645–55; rabbin + -ism

Example Sentences

One of the chief centres of Rabbinism was Ṣafed, still a sacred city of the Jews and largely inhabited by members of that faith.

From Project Gutenberg

He is represented as almost overtaken by death; his loving scholars, as was usual in the days of rabbinism, cluster about him for some worthy word of parting advice.

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Rabba, 428 Rabbinism, 283 Radin, M., 416 Rashi, 312, 388 Rationalism, 13, 38, 89, 450, 474 Rauwenhoff, L. W. E., 2, 65, 101, 106 Redemption, Religion of, 17, 195 Reform Judaism, 269, 330, 340, 389 Reform liturgy, 269, 297, 340, 389, 469 Reformation, 363, 444 Reizenstein, R., 310 Religion, Absolute, 19 Religion's unifying power, 15, 315, 321, 491 Repentance, 246, 257 Responsibility, 233 f.,

From Project Gutenberg

This, however, led to a tremendous process of transformation in Judaism with a wide chasm between Mosaism and Rabbinism, or, more accurately, between the Sadducees, who adhered to the letter of the law, and the Pharisees, who embodied the progressive spirit of the people.

From Project Gutenberg

At the present its principles are to be found in the holy book called Puranas; the Brahminism of the Puranas standing in the same relation to certain earlier forms, as the Rabbinism of the Talmud, or the Romanism of the fathers does to primitive Judaism and Christianity.

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