karaites

• Secte juive qui ne reconnaît que les Écritures hébraïques comme source d'une législation divinement inspirée et qui rejette l'autorité de la tradition post-biblique du Talmud ; la secte est née en Irak au huitième siècle.

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.

   Karaïsme

   • 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.