Topic summary
Mishnaic period
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Tannaim.
Tannaim (Amoraic Hebrew: תנאים'repeaters, teachers', singular tannaתנא, borrowed from Aramaic) were the rabbinicsages 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").