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This is material removed from Pharisees, and should be incorporated into this article as appropriate.
However, Neusner was only partially correct. All of the Patriarchs ("Av Beit Din" - Father of the Court) and some of the Exilarchs ("Reish Galuta" - lit. Head of the Exile) held the titles of Rabbi or Rav. In fact, Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi, who compiled and redacted the Mishnah, was the first head of the Sanhedrin to be recognized by Rome with the title of "Patriarch", and was given authority as the hereditary leader of the Jewish people. Under the rule of the Patriarch, the Sanhedrin in the land of Israel was the supreme court of law for all the Jewish people. From the laws of shemitta and orlah regulating the activities of the plantation estates, orchards and vinyards in Israel and Babylonia, to the litigation of tort, property, and contract suits, to the administration of wills and estates, to the determination of the new moon, the Sanhedrin in Israel had the final word until the death of Rabbi Gamaliel IV in 425. Due to the pressure of Christian bishops, in 429, the Roman emperor abolished the office of Patriarch.
While constant Roman persecution caused the Jewish community in Roman Palestine to decline after the death of Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi, and Jewish scholarship in Israel to nearly end after the death of Rabbi Hillel HaNasi (circa 4th c. C.E.), the Jewish community in Babylonia continued to thrive and grow in scholarship and size. Unlike the situation in Roman Palestine, where the Patriarch was both the political leader and the head Rabbi of the Sanhedrin, Babylonia had dual political and religious/scholastic institutions, the Reish Galuta and the Rosh ha-Yeshiva. The Reish Galuta (commonly known as the "Exilarch"), a heriditary political office, claimed authority from being descendents of the House of David. According to the Bible, one of the last kings of Judah, Jehoiachin ("Yehoyachin"), was released by the king of babylonia and given a high seat in the Babylonian court. (2 Kings 25:27-29). This account bolstered the Exilarch family's claim that a descendent of David had sat on the throne in Babylon ever since the Exile from Judah. In turn, each of the highly influential academies ("yeshivas") of Babylonia was lead by its own Rosh ha-Yeshiva ("Head of the Academy") who was selected by the most prominent scholars and ratified by the Reish Galuta. Although the Reish Galuta had the power to appoint judges and was the final court of appeal, most of the judges were students of the academies of Nehardea, Pumpeditha, and Sura (i.e., Rabbis). The Babylonian Talumd records the details of many cases actually litigated in front of the Amoraim. Although the Academies as an institution did not have the governmental authority to compel the Jewish people to accept their rulings, in practice the law developed in the Academies became the law which governed the Jewish people, in Babylon and throughout the Diaspora.
What does this have to do with reverting my edit? Hiergargo 18:35, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
As a person who is not a Jew but wish to learn about Rabbinic Judaism, I find the article a little bit confusing. The very first two sentences can be misleading:
Rabbinic Judaism ... also called Rabbinism, Rabbinicism, or Judaism espoused by the Rabbanites, has been the mainstream form of Judaism since the 6th century CE, after the codification of the Babylonian Talmud. Rabbinic Judaism has its roots in Pharisaic Judaism and is based on the belief that Moses at Mount Sinai received both the Written Torah (Torah she-be-Khetav) and the Oral Torah (Torah she-be-al Peh) from God.
From this, I would understand that Rabbinic Judaism started from the 6th century CE, not realizing, at the first glance, that the author speaks about the time it has been mainstream form of Judaism. The article is not so clear on the question when Rabbinic Judaism was formed. In which year or period did Rabbinic Judaism appear? The article mentions Pharisaic Judaism and speaks a lot about Hellenistic Judaism without explaining their relations to Rabbinic Judaism. Is Pharisaic or Hellenistic Judaism one of the earlier stages of Rabbinic Judaism or are they different forms of Judaism?
I find that the short article "Rabbinic Judaism" is much more illuminating. It is written by Rivka Ulmer, who is a professor of Jewish Studies at Bucknell University. According to her article, there is something called classical rabbinic Judaism, which is divided into three periods: tannaitic (until 200 CE), amoraic (200–500 CE), and saboraic (500 CE–7th century). Does classical rabbinic Judaism represent the formative period of rabbinic Judaism?
I think that the Wikipedia article should be clearer in explaining the origin of Rabbinic Judaism with regard to Classical Rabbinic Judaism. Theophilius (talk) 23:15, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
This is getting a little tiresome: obviously, non-Conservative movements carry the conviction that their form of Judaism is more authentic than the others; to present one side as being "right" and others less so is clearly a biased presentation. --Leifern 18:40, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
I think this page should be merged with Orthodox Judaism. Rabbinic Judaism seems to me just another way to describe Orthodox Judaism Proud Novice (talk) 18:55, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for explaining :) Proud Novice (talk) 22:43, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
What's "kurdush law"??? I couldn't find it when googling and I suspect it's a mistake! Can someone more educated than I am please correct this if necessary? TYVM! Songflower (talk) 08:51, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
Awesome thanks!Songflower (talk) 13:31, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
Since Rabbinic Judaism is the parent of Origins of Rabbinic Judaism and Rabbinic Judaism is a very short page (only 7k), I propose merging Origins of Rabbinic Judaism (about 34k) into Rabbinic Judaism. ImTheIP (talk) 20:16, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
This article needs to incorporate information about Rabbinic Judaism from Jewish history. Editor2020 (talk) 17:33, 18 January 2022 (UTC)