Talmud

central text of Rabbinic Judaism

18 dated entries naming Talmud, drawn from 17 separate years between 322 CE and 1513 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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4th century

322Rabbah bar Rav Huna, Jewish Talmudistsource
339Abaye, Babylonian rabbi of the Jewish Talmudsource
375The Talmud of Babylon is written by Rav Ashi. This commentary on the Mishnah contains approximately 2.5 million words on 5.894 pages.source

5th century

421Ravina I, rabbi (teacher) and Jewish Talmudistsource

6th century

501Ravina II, Jewish Talmudist and rabbisource
550The main redaction of the Babylonian Talmud is completed under Rabbis Ravina and Ashi (approximate date).source

10th century

990Chananel ben Chushiel, Tunisian Jewish rabbi (d. 1053)source
993Samuel ibn Naghrillah, Spanish Talmudic scholarsource

11th century

1013Isaac Alfasi, Algerian Talmudist and posek (d. 1103)source

12th century

1103Isaac Alfasi, Algerian Talmudist and posek (b. 1013)source

13th century

1240June 12 – The Disputation of Paris begins at the court of King Louis IX ("the Saint"), where four rabbis defend the Talmud against Nicholas Donin's accusations of blasphemy.source
1263July 20–24 – Nahmanides, Spanish chief rabbi, defends the Talmud in an important debate (the Disputation of Barcelona) against Pablo Christiani, before James I of Aragon.source
1275The era of the tosafot (medieval commentators on the Talmud) ends (it began in 1100).source

14th century

1326Isaac ben Sheshet, Spanish Talmudic authority (d. 1408)source

15th century

1415Antipope Benedict XIII orders all Talmuds to be delivered to the diocese, and held until further notice.source
1415May 11 – From Valencia in Spain, the Antipope Benedict XIII issues a papal bull with eleven prohibitions against Jews, including a ban on teaching, reading or possessing the Talmud; prohibition of Jewish possession of Christian artifacts or Christian books; limiting each town to only one synagogue; barring Jews from serving specific jobs or making contracts; segregating Jews from Christians in all public places; and requiring all Jews to wear "a red and yellow sign" on their clothes. Jews who convert to the Roman Catholic faith become exempt from the restrictionssource
1417June 30 – In France, the Baron of Trévoux reverses a ban against the town's Jewish population, and allows them to study the Talmud without interference.source

16th century

1513September – The dispute between Johann Reuchlin and Johannes Pfefferkorn concerning the Talmud and other Jewish books, is referred to Pope Leo X.source