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121BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon …
122ERUVIN — (Heb. עֵרוּבִין), the second tractate of the order Mo ed in the Mishnah, Tosefta, and in both the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds. It deals with all aspects of the Sabbath eruv: eruv of Sabbath boundaries, the eruv of courtyards, and the eruv of …
123ETHICAL LITERATURE — (Heb. סִפְרוּת הַמּוּסָר, sifrut ha musar). There is no specific ethical literature as such in the biblical and talmudic period insofar as a systematic formulation of Jewish ethics is concerned. Even the wisdom literature of the Bible, though… …
124HORAYOT — (Heb. הוֹרָיוֹת; Rulings ), short tractate in three chapters, attached to the order of Nezikin in the Mishnah, Tosefta, and the Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds. Its scriptural basis is Leviticus 4 and Numbers 15:22–31. The biblical phrase… …
125IDOLATRY — Greek eidōlon originally meant image or fantasy. By the time of the Septuagint the term was used for images of gods. Idolatry is literally image worship. To grasp the character of image worship in biblical literature one must first realize that… …
126KODASHIM — (Heb. קֳדָשִׁים), the fifth of the six orders of the Mishnah. The title Kodashim ( sacred things ) is apparently an abbreviation of Sheḥitat Kodashim ( the slaughter of sacred animals ) since its main subject is sacrifices. It has been suggested… …
127LITERATURE, JEWISH — Literature on Jewish themes and in languages regarded as Jewish has been written continuously for the past 3,000 years. What the term Jewish literature encompasses, however, demands definition, since Jews have lived in so many countries and have… …
128MIDDOT — (Heb. מִדּוֹת; measures ), tenth tractate of the order Kodashim (in some codices and early editions it is ninth; in current Talmud editions the 11th and last). It is found in the Mishnah only. This tractate gives, in five chapters, exact details… …
