karaites

• Anhänger einer jüdischen Sekte, die nur die hebräische Bibel als Quelle göttlich inspirierten Gesetzes anerkennt und die Autorität der nachbiblischen talmudischen Tradition ablehnt; die Sekte entstand im 8. Jahrhundert in Irak.

A Jewish sect that recognizes only the Hebrew Scriptures as the source of divinely inspired legislation and denies the authority of the postbiblical tradition of the Talmud; the sect arose in Iraq in the eighth century.

Eigenname

1. Jewish sectC1formal

   A Jewish religious movement that accepts only the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) as the supreme authority in religious law and rejects the Talmud and rabbinic traditions.

   Karäer

   • The Karaites emerged in the 8th century in Iraq as a distinct Jewish sect.
   • Unlike Rabbinic Jews, Karaites do not follow the Talmud.
   • Karaite communities still exist today, primarily in Israel and Eastern Europe.