RMPS - Int2/Higher - World Religions - Judaism - Education Scotland

A page from the Talmud (see Activity 27 on page 67)
THE MEANS
1. The page number ‘2’ represented by the Hebrew letter ‘B’
2. The title of the section – The Middle Gate
3. Chapter 1
4. The first two words of the chapter ‘Two people claim’
5. Sources of the additional marginal notes. (See 10 below.)
6. The beginning of the Mishnah. It is written in Hebrew. As it is the
beginning of a major section, the first word is written large and
ornamented. This section is concerned with the problem when two
people find an object and each claims it in total for themselves.
7. The two large letters indicate the end of the Mishnah section and
the beginning of the Gemarah, which is written in Aramaic. The
discussion goes on for many pages.
8. The commentaries by Rashi (Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac 1040–1105),
one of the greatest scholars of the Middle Ages.
9. The commentaries called Tosephot (additions) written by French
talmudic scholars of the twelfth and thirteen centuries.
10. Several other additional marginal notes on the text or the
commentaries.
RMPS: WORLD RELIGIONS – JUDAISM (INT 2, H) 69
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