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v. t. e. Tannaim ( Amoraic Hebrew: Hebrew: תנאים [tannɔʔim] "repeaters", "teachers", singular tanna תנא [tanˈnɔː], borrowed from Aramaic) [1] were the rabbinic sages whose views are recorded in the Mishnah, [2] from approximately 10–220 CE. The period of the Tannaim, also referred to as the Mishnaic period, lasted about 210 years.
The Tannaim (Hebrew: תנאים, singular תנא, tanna) were the Rabbinic sages whose views are recorded in the Mishnah, from approx. 70-200 C.E. The period of the Tannaim, also referred to as the Mishnaic period, lasted about 130 years. It followed the period of the Zugot ("pairs"), and was immediately succeeded by the period of the Amoraim .
TANNAIM . The term tanna is used to refer to an authority of the Mishnah and its related works, in contradistinction to amora, referring to a sage of the gemaraʾ. The word derives from the Aramaic teni ("to repeat") and by extension means "to learn" or "to teach." The tannaim were the sages of rabbinic tradition who lived immediately before ...
Tannaim was a term used for the teachers of the Mishnah. Tannaim (plural of Aramaic tanna, = one who studies or teaches ). They were Pharasaic Rabbis or Jewish sages of the period from Hillel to the compilation of the Mishnah. They were considered as both scholars and teachers, educating those in the synagogues as well as in the academies.
The Beginnings of the Talmud. The shift of Jewish life from Israel to Babylon marked a transitional period fraught with danger. Luckily, such leaders emerged and set the foundation for Jewish life until today. Rabbi Judah the Prince marks the end of a period known as the era of the Tannaim, which lasted approximately until 200 CE.
The term tanna has a secondary meaning of someone of the amoraic period, who hands down tannaitic statements, knows and memorizes them, and teaches them in the bet hamidrash (e.g., Pes. 100a). These later tannaim served as living libraries, and were spoken of as "baskets full of books," in contrast to the eminent scholars.
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Tannaim were the rabbinic sages whose views are recorded in the Mishnah, from approximately 10–220 CE. The period of the Tannaim, also referred to as the Mishnaic period, lasted about 210 years. It came after the period of the Zugot "Pairs" and was immediately followed by the period of the Amoraim "Interpreters".
