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- noun a Jewish sect that recognizes only the Hebrew Scriptures as the source of divinely inspired legislation and denies the authority of the postbiblical tradition of the Talmud; the sect arose in Iraq in the eighth century
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I’m interested to know what sources he used to interpret and apply the Bible. even the karaites have external traditions to interpret it.
No word on how many goats, bullocks, and birds he sacrificed, though | Jewschool 2007
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