Tractate
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- Tractate signifies a treatise: see Noteworthy treatisesTreatiseA treatise is a formal and systematic written discourse on some subject, generally longer and treating it in greater depth than an essay, and more concerned with investigating or exposing the principles of the subject.-Noteworthy treatises:...
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- Latin Tractatus appears in numerous titles: see TractatusTractatusTractatus may refer to:* Tractatus de amore by Andreas Capellanus* Tractatus Astrologico Magicus, also known as the Aldaraia and the Book of Soyga, a 16th century Latin treatise on magic...
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- Hebrew tractates are sections of the TalmudTalmudThe Talmud is a central text of mainstream Judaism. It takes the form of a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, philosophy, customs and history....
dealing with specific subjects: see MishnahMishnahThe Mishnah or Mishna is the first major written redaction of the Jewish oral traditions called the "Oral Torah". It is also the first major work of Rabbinic Judaism. It was redacted c...
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