I need to know exactly who.
2006-12-03 06:48:24 · 3 answers · asked by jav 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Rebbi Yehudah Hanasi; Ravina and Rav Ashi.
2006-12-03 07:36:17 · answer #1 · answered by ysk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Mishna was written during the Roman Empire by a rabbi named Yehuda HaNasi (Judah the Prince). Until then, the oral traditions of Judaism had remained oral, and he was afraid they would be forgotten under the religious supression of the Romans. So he compiled the discussions and teachings of the rabbis of that time (known as the Tanna'im) into a book, albeit a terse and osbscure one that requires you to have signifanct background knowlendge of the issues to undertsand it.
About 300 years later, with the Romans still being a pain in the neck, the Gemara was written. (I guess the people were forgetting even more). It expounds on the statements writting in the Mishna, with all the relevant discussion and minority opinions and far-fetched cases and an obsession with biblical sources. The rabbis in this time period were called the Amorim.
2006-12-03 15:39:57 · answer #2 · answered by Melanie Mue 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
google it...jewish sages did
2006-12-03 14:51:38 · answer #3 · answered by Cryptic Spice Princess 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋