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Alternative Title:Talmudic Judaism
Rabbinic Judaism, the normative form ofJudaism that developed after the fall of theTemple of Jerusalem (ad 70). Originating in the work of the Pharisaic rabbis, it was based on the legal and commentative literature in theTalmud, and it set up a mode of worship and a lifediscipline that were to be practiced by Jews worldwide down to modern times.
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