The academies of Palestine and Babylonia produce the two Talmuds, vast commentaries on the Mishnah that join law and lore; the Babylonian Talmud becomes the central text of rabbinic study for the next fifteen centuries.
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The Event
- Date
- c. 400–500 (approximate)
- Era
- Rabbinic; Standard periodization of Jewish history
- Location
- Palestine and Babylonia
- Traditions
- Judaism
- Streams
- Orthodox Judaism, Conservative Judaism, Reform Judaism, Reconstructionist Judaism, Secular Judaism
- Key texts
- Jerusalem Talmud, Babylonian Talmud
Primary Sources
- Babylonian Talmud
Secondary Sources
- Schiffman, From Text to Tradition: A History of Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism (Ktav, 1991)
- Goodman, A History of Judaism (Princeton, 2018)
Provenance: HIST-0114; confidence 0.85; accessed 2026-10-27.
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