Students at Pardes, a pluralistic yeshiva in Jerusalem. Copyright: Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies

Talmud Quiz

How much do you know about this influential and complex body of Jewish teachings?

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The Talmud–which consists of the Mishnah and Gemara–explicates and builds upon the Torah’s laws and stories. How much do you know about this influential and complex body of Jewish teachings?

Question 1 of 10
Where is the commentary of the Tosafot on a page of Talmud?
Question 2 of 10
Who was Beruriah?
Question 3 of 10
What did the Talmudic commentator Menahem Meiri think of Christians?
Question 4 of 10
Who was Hillel's intellectual adversary?
Question 5 of 10
How is the Tosefta different from the Mishnah?
Question 6 of 10
What is a baraita?
Question 7 of 10
Where was the "Babylonian" Talmud produced?
Question 8 of 10
Which of these does not appear in the Talmud?
Question 9 of 10
Which of these is not a Talmud?
Question 10 of 10
What is the focus of the Brisk method of studying Gemara?
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