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THE VINEYARD AT JAMINA
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The Tannaim
First Generation, 70 to 100 C. E.
Jochanan, the son of Zakkai
Second Generation, 100 to 130 C. E.
Akiba
Third Generation, 130 to 160 C. E.
Meir
Fourth Generation, 160 to 200 C. E.
Judah the Prince
The Tannaim were the possessors of what was perhaps the greatest principle that dominated a literature until the close of the eighteenth century. They maintained that literature and life were co-extensive. It was said of Jochanan, the son of Zakkai, that he never walked a single step without thinking of God. Learning the Torah, that is, the Law, the authorized Word of God, and its Prophetical and Rabbinical developments, was man's supreme duty. “If thou hast learned much
