agnellina:jewishhenna:agnellina:agnellina:Okay. I’ve been trying to mind map this out, but I still t
agnellina:jewishhenna:agnellina:agnellina:Okay. I’ve been trying to mind map this out, but I still think I’m wrong. Also, that I’m missing a bunch of other works. Also? I don’t actually know what the Tosefta is. Is it something in and of itself? Is it part of something else? What does it comment on? Help.Please help. Here’s a diagram I use in my Basic Judaism class (originally created, I believe, by R. Elyse Goldstein):The division of Jewish text into these three main categories is largely arbitrary but works as best as any other scheme, I suppose… This tree is roughly chronological too. So the Talmud (Mishnah + Gemara) emerges as a legal commentary on the Torah (also, of course, it contains a vast amount of homiletic / midrasnhic material). The Codes of Law (like the Shulhan Arukh or the Mishneh Torah) emerged in the Middle Ages, and then continued to be supported, expanded, and clarified through responsa. Etc. etc.The Tosefta, literally ‘additions,’ is a compilation of teachings from around the same time as the Mishnah but which were not (for unknown reasons) included when the Mishnah was codified (around 200 CE). The Tosefta was probably put together a century or two later… It would fit on this tree as a small branch next to the Talmud branch, I guess.Hope this helps! Let me know how else I can be of service.It helps A LOT. Thank you! -- source link