karaites

• Secta judía que reconoce solo las Escrituras hebreas como fuente de legislación divinamente inspirada y rechaza la autoridad de la tradición postbíblica del Talmud; surgió en Irak en el siglo octavo.

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.

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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.

   Caraitas (secta judía)

   • 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.