Tannaim

The scholars whose discussions are given in the Mishnah are called Tannaim, and those who figure only in the Gemara, Amoraim.

Rashi Liber, Maurice 1906

The Tannaim were the possessors of what was perhaps the greatest principle that dominated a literature until the close of the eighteenth century.

Chapters on Jewish Literature Israel Abrahams 1891

We do not have the privilege of making it up as we go along based merely on what each Jew deems right in his own eyes, in contravention to the Tannaim, Amoraim, and Poskim.

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The Tannaim disagree regarding the identity of this woman (see Gen. Rabbah 61: 4).

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Only a cursory overview of the post-Second Temple materials Tannaim and Amoraim.

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Modern researchers argued for slightly different characteristics: Bet Hillel is more liberal (B.Z. Bacher, Tannaim, 15) and open to foreign influences such as Persia and Rome, while Bet Shammai rejects all foreign influences and focuses solely on Jewish tradition (Rosenthal).

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Rashi is invaluable because his notes to the Written Torah bring the understanding of the Tannaim and Amoraim.

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The Tannaim assert that there were five gates to the Mount, two of which, known as the Huldah Gates, were the southern entrance to the Temple Mount (M Middot 1: 3).

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The Oral Torah is extensively discussed and expounded by the Tannaim and the Amoraim in Medrash and in the Talmud.

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E. Chapter IV: The sayings of twenty-five _Tannaim_ after the time of Rabbi Akiba, who were contemporaries of Rabbi Meir and of

Pirke Avot Sayings of the Jewish Fathers Joseph I. Gorfinkle