rabbinistn.
/ˈrabᵻnɪst/, U.S. /ˈræbənəst/ An adherent or follower of the rabbis; spec. a person who accepts the teachings of the Talmud (contrasted with Karaite), a Rabbanite. Also: a student of or specialist in rabbinical writings.
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1599 Master Broughtons Lett. Answered x. 35 You..shew you are a great Rabbinist.
1608 Bp. J. Hall Pharisaisme & Christianity 12 At deadly feode with the other Iewes, which they now call Rabbinistes.
1694 H. Hody Resurrection Same Body Asserted ii. 76 The Resurrection is acknowledged not only by the Rabbinists or the Followers of the Talmud.., but also by those that are call'd Karraites, who follow only the Scripture.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Caraites If a Caraite would become a Rabbinist, he would never be receiv'd by the other Jews.
1794 R. Bacon Brief Acct. Arts & Sc. 8 Q. Who are the Rabbinists? A. Those who, to the law, add the traditions of the Talmud, and are properly the followers of the old Pharisees.
1851 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 2 14 It is still nourishing the spirit of the opposition between the so-called Hasidim and the orthodox Rabbinists.
1878 Johnson's New Universal Cycl. IV. 1735/2 The smallest measure of capacity among the Hebrews—viz. the log—was estimated by the rabbinists to be equal in volume to six hen's eggs.
1955 Jewish Q. Rev. 45 210 I hope the trained Rabbinists will follow up this line of approach and clarify the problems which I have raised.
1996 Times Higher Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 18 Oct. 30 The young rabbinists..examine parts of Talmudic literature from the perspective of French structuralist and poststructuralist thought.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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