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The body of the Jewish civil and canonical law not comprised in the Pentateuch.

Of or pertaining to the Talmud; contained in the Talmud; as, Talmudic Greek; Talmudical phrases. Lightfoot.

The teachings of the Talmud, or adherence to them.

One versed in the Talmud; one who adheres to the teachings of the Talmud.

Resembling the Talmud; Talmudic.

The second part of the Talmud, or the commentary on the Mishna (which forms the first part or text).

A story, anecdote, or legend in the Talmud, to explain or illustrate the text of the Old Testament. [Written also hadaga.]

adhere closely to the letter of the Scriptures, rejecting the oral law, and allowing the Talmud no binding authority; -- opposed to the Rabbinists.

A talmudic exposition of the Hebrew law, or of some part of it.

ion or digest of Jewish traditions and explanations of Scripture, forming the text of the Talmud. [Written also Mischna.]

ong the Jews, penetrating investigation, disputation, and drawing of conclusions, esp. in Talmudic study. -- Pil"pul*ist (#), n. --Pil`pul*is"tic (#), a.

One among the Jews who adhered to the Talmud and the traditions of the rabbins, in opposition to the Karaites, who rejected the traditions.

A maker of scholia; a commentator or annotator. No . . . quotations from Talmudists and scholiasts . . . ever marred the effect of his grave temperate discourses. Macaulay.

Traditional. The reveries of the Talmud, a collection of Jewish traditionary interpolations. Buckminster.