Glossary Term: Text

Chumash

A collection of the Five Books of Moses, Pentateuch, or the Hebrew equivalent. Includes the haftarot readings, and usually contains some commentary. It is often ...

Gemara

The discussion portions of the Talmud based on the quoted Mishnah.

Midrash

This word is used in two ways, as both a concept and a literature. As a concept, midrash is the expansive interpretation of biblical texts. ...

Mishnah

A collection of rabbinic teachings edited in Israel around 225 CE. Organized in six sedaraim by subject matter and dealing with both ritual and civil ...

Talmud

Referring to one of two collections, the Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmuds, edited in the 6th century, that contains hundreds of years of commentary, discussion, and ...

Tanakh

An acronym for the name of the Hebrew Bible: Torah, Neviim, and Ketuvim.

Torah

Refers to the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, the Tanakh, also called the Five Books of Moses, Pentateuch or the Hebrew equivalent, Humash. ...