rabbinic
Concerning Jewish clergy
Rabbinic means relating to rabbis or their teachings, writings, and traditions.
The term most often describes the body of Jewish religious literature and commentary developed after the biblical period: rabbinic law, rabbinic Judaism, rabbinic literature.
Rabbinic authority refers to the interpretive role rabbis hold in Jewish religious life.
Judaism's core scripture
- synagogueJewish house of worship
- ShabbatJewish day of rest
- kosherPermissible by Jewish law
- yeshivaJewish religious study institution
rebbe · minyan · kippah · tallit · tefillin · mezuzah · Hebrew · beit midrash
Critical textual interpretation
- hermeneuticsStudy of interpretation methods
- midrashJewish biblical commentary
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
- sodGrass-bound topsoil section
Jewish mystical tradition
Rabbinic law compilation
Torah
Judaism's core scripture
yeshiva · rebbe · minyan · kippah · tallit · tefillin · mezuzah · Hebrew · beit midrash · dayan
exegesis
Critical textual interpretation
- hermeneuticsStudy of interpretation methods
- midrashJewish biblical commentary
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
sod · aggadah · homiletics
kabbalah
Jewish mystical tradition
Talmud
Rabbinic law compilation
chumra
Voluntary religious strictness
rabbinicbiblical
Of sacred texts
priestly · Samaritan · scriptural · prophetic · apostolic
rabbinicsecular
Nonreligious, worldly
nonobservant · irreligious · assimilated · Reform · humanistic
- rabbinical traditionJewish religious scholarly heritage
- rabbinical schoolSeminary for Jewish clergy