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The 17 pages that link to Oral Torah, each with the reason it gives.

• TalmudNarrower topic: The Talmud is a central written record of traditions identified with the Oral Torah.

• TorahRelated: It supplies interpretive frameworks and legal traditions associated with the written text.

• MishnahNarrower topic: The Mishnah is the earliest major written compilation of this traditionally transmitted body of law.

• Rabbinic JudaismRelated: It supplies the interpretive tradition through which rabbis explain and apply the written Torah.

• MidrashRelated: Midrash belongs to the interpretive traditions transmitted alongside scripture.

• BibleCompared with: It contrasts with views that treat the written biblical text as the sole scriptural authority.

• Karaite JudaismCompared with: Karaites reject its binding authority, unlike rabbinic communities.

• PhariseesRelated: The Pharisees upheld inherited interpretations beyond the written text.

• Babylonian TalmudNarrower topic: The Talmud presents itself within this broader tradition of transmitted interpretation.

• SadduceesCompared with: Sadducees are often contrasted with Pharisees over the authority of inherited oral traditions.

• Rabbinic literatureNarrower topic: Rabbinic writings present themselves as preserving and developing this transmitted teaching.

• AmoraimRelated: The Amoraim treated inherited oral teachings as material for interpretation and debate.

• Mishneh TorahNarrower topic: Maimonides presents the code as a systematization of this inherited tradition.

• Hillel the ElderRelated: Hillel’s interpretive rules became part of the tradition later understood as Oral Torah.

• Rabbi AkivaNarrower topic: Akiva’s authority rested on interpreting and transmitting this tradition.

• Judah ha-NasiNarrower topic: The Mishnah preserves a major portion of the oral legal tradition Judah redacted.

• Rav AshiRelated: The Talmud grew from teachings that Rav Ashi’s tradition associates with organized transmission.