Editing Talmud (section)

==Language==
The work is largely in [[Jewish Babylonian Aramaic]], although quotations in the [[Gemara]] of the Mishnah, the [[Baraita]]s and [[Tanakh]] appear in Mishnaic or Biblical Hebrew.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress: The Talmud |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/loc/Talmud.html |publisher=American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise}}</ref> Some other dialects of Aramaic occur in quotations of other older works, like the [[Megillat Taanit]]. The reason why earlier texts occur in Hebrew, and later texts in Aramaic, is because of the adoption of the latter (which was the spoken vernacular) by rabbinic circles during the period of the [[Amoraim]] (rabbis cited in the Gemara) beginning around the year 200.<ref>Sáenz-Badillos, Ángel and John Elwolde. 1996. A history of the Hebrew language. pp. 170–171: "There is general agreement that two main periods of RH (Rabbinical Hebrew) can be distinguished. The first, which lasted until the close of the Tannaitic era (around 200 CE), is characterized by RH as a spoken language gradually developing into a literary medium in which the Mishnah, Tosefta, ''baraitot'', and Tannaitic ''midrashim'' would be composed. The second stage begins with the ''Amoraim'', and sees RH being replaced by Aramaic as the spoken vernacular, surviving only as a literary language. Then it continued to be used in later rabbinic writings until the 10th century in, for example, the Hebrew portions of the two Talmuds and in midrashic and haggadic literature."</ref> A second Aramaic dialect is used in [[Nedarim]], [[Nazir (Talmud)|Nazir]], [[Temurah (Talmud)|Temurah]], [[Keritot]], and [[Me'ilah]]; the second is closer in style to the [[Targum]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Encyclopedia.com Keritot |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/keritot}}</ref>