Talmudist
noun
a person versed in the Talmud.
talmudist
British
/ ˈtælmʊdɪst /
noun
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a scholar specializing in the study of the Talmud
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any of the writers of or contributors to the Talmud
Etymology
Origin of Talmudist
Example Sentences
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He was a great Talmudist, but he had been trained in a European yeshiva, and I didn’t think he would take kindly to the scientific method of studying Talmud.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
Reuven, Reb Saunders is a great Talmudist and a great tzaddik.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
He married the very beautiful Lillian Levantin, who was the daughter of a prominent Talmudist.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
The second son was ordained at the age of seventeen, and by the time he was twenty had achieved an awesome reputation as a Talmudist.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
My father, may the memory of the just be blessed, was that most learned Talmudist and Cabbalist Rabbi Jizchok Meduro.
From Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague by Kohn, Spiegfried
Libeskind is intelligent – when he received news of his win he was reading God, Death, and Time by the talmudist Emmanuel Levinas – but he can sound remarkably simplistic when he wants to.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 30, 2011
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