Although there is no reference to reincarnation in the Talmud or any prior writings, according to rabbis such as Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman, reincarnation is recognized as being part and parcel of Jewish tradition.

Although other texts from the Second Temple period are not considered authoritative in Judaism, they do show reference to the concept of Noahic laws before the Talmud.

Although most Shabbat laws are restrictive, the fourth of the Ten Commandments in Exodus is taken by the Talmud to allude to the positive commandments of the Shabbat.

Although some direct commentaries on particular treatises are extant, our main knowledge of Gaonic era Talmud scholarship comes from statements embedded in Geonic responsa that shed light on Talmudic passages: these are arranged in the order of the Talmud in Levin's Otzar ha-Geonim.

Although Jews and religious leaders share a core of monotheistic principles, and there are many fundamental principles quoted in the Talmud to define Judaism ( often by what it is not ), it has no established formulation of principles of faith that are or must be recognized by all observant Jews.

Although the word " Torah " refers specifically to the Five Books of Moses, in Judaism the word also refers to the Tanakh ( Hebrew Bible ), the Talmud and other religious works, even including the study of Kabbalah, Hasidism, Mussar and much more.

Although Notzri does not appear in the Tosefta, by the time the Babylonian Talmud was produced, Notzri had become the standard Hebrew word for Christian and Yeshu Ha-Notzri had become the conventional rendition of " Jesus the Nazarene " in Hebrew.

Although this distinction is not explicit in the early rabbinic sources, it closely fits the character of the prohibition as described in different contexts in the Talmud and the Rishonim, and it is supported by the language of the Rambam, the Tur, and the Shulchan Aruch.

Although Sukenik considered this the same as the term in the Talmud, he also entertained the possibility that the final letter ayin was left out due to lack of space between the decorations between which it was inscribed.

Although there are different Biblical regulations for normal menstruation-niddah, and abnormal menstruation-zavah, these became conflated during the classical era, and the Talmud relates that menstruating women always followed the requirements imposed by both ; the reasons for this were the subject of debate between some medieval Jewish commentators.

Although Avot does not have an accompanying Gemara, one of the minor tractates of the Talmud, Avot deRabbi Nathan (" The Fathers according to Rabbi Nathan "), is an expansion of the Mishnaic tractate containing numerous additional ethical teachings and legends.

Although Jews were forbidden to mock anything deemed holy by Judaism, it was a merit to deride idols ( Talmud Meg.

Although many sins may lead to this punishment, the most predominant sin to cause tzaraath is lashon hara ; ( an " evil tongue ", see Interpretations below ) to speak derogatorily about others consistently to one's friends is likened to birds, who chatter endlessly ( Talmud Arachin 16b ).

Although written records found at Anyang confirm the existence of the Shang dynasty, Western scholars are often hesitant to associate settlements that are contemporaneous with the Anyang settlement with the Shang dynasty.

Although they were slow to be adopted, records of banquets show Catherine de ' Medici serving sixty-six turkeys at one dinner.

Although the Australian Official History of 24th Brigade's 2 / 32 battalion describes the counterattack force as " German ", the Australian historian Mark Johnston reports that German records indicate that it was the Trento Division that overran the Australian battalion.

Although independent of the IGI, the AF and PRF often contain duplications of IGI records.

Although there are earlier records of their use, no panel icons earlier than the few from the 6th century preserved at the Greek Orthodox Monastery of St. Catherine at Sinai survive.

Although less reliable than zoological records, native American artefacts with possible jaguar motifs range from the Pacific Northwest to Pennsylvania and Florida.

Although Keats and his family seem to have marked his birthday on 29 October, baptism records give the date as the 31st.

Although Bede records that Æthelberht gave lands to support the new episcopate, a charter that claims to be a grant of lands from Æthelberht to Mellitus is a later forgery.

Although mentioned in the New Testament gospels, there are no extant non-biblical references to Nazareth until around 200 AD, when Sextus Julius Africanus, cited by Eusebius ( Church History 1. 7. 14 ), speaks of “ Nazara ” as a village in " Judea " and locates it near an as-yet unidentified “ Cochaba .” In the same passage Africanus writes of desposunoi-relatives of Jesus-who he claims kept the records of their descent with great care.

Although Sixtus IV has been accused of having had male lovers, there appears to be little to substantiate such claims other than the diary records of Stefano Infessura.

Although conventionally referred to in English today as " Peter Stuyvesant ", Stuyvesant's given name was actually " Pieter " or " Petrus "; " Peter " is not found in historical records.

Although governments must spend money on tax collection activities, some of the costs, particularly for keeping records and filling out forms, are borne by businesses and by private individuals.

Although some popular histories of Halloween have characterized trick-or-treating as an adult invention to rechannel Halloween activities away from vandalism, there is very little records supporting it.

Although historical records of sea otter in the San Juan Islands are sparse, there is a sea otter specimen collected in 1897 in the " Strait of Fuca " in the National Museum of Natural History.

Note: Although Grant's baptismal record records his middle name as " Alec ", it is " Alexander " on his birth certificate.

Although the central and local governments kept an enormous number of records about land property in order to assess taxes, it became common practice in the Tang for literate and affluent people to create their own private documents and signed contracts.

Although Caesarean sections were performed in Roman times, no classical source records a mother surviving such a delivery, – the earliest recorded survival dates to 1500 AD – and Caesar's mother Aurelia Cotta lived to serve him as an advisor in his adulthood.

Although records are sparse and contradictory, it is thought that in 86 BC, Dongbuyeo ( East Buyeo ) branched out, after which the original Buyeo is sometimes referred to as Bukbuyeo ( North Buyeo ).

Although some sources claim that CIA plots ended when Lumumba was captured, that is not stated or shown in the CIA records.

Although the earliest historical records in the region do not go back much further than ca.

Although there no records from the Miocene in the Atlantic, a re-examination of the North Carolina material indicated that the diversity of puffins in the early Pliocene was as great in the Atlantic as it is in the Pacific today.

Although the extent of the damage was not as disastrous as during the Great Fire of 64 — crucially sparing the many districts of insulae — Cassius Dio records a long list of important public buildings that were destroyed, including Agrippa's Pantheon, the Temple of Jupiter, the Diribitorium, parts of Pompey's Theatre and the Saepta Julia among others.

Although contemporary records of her reign are documented in diverse ancient sources, Hatshepsut was described by early modern scholars as only having served as a co-regent from approximately 1479 to 1458 BC, during years seven to twenty-one of the reign previously identified as that of Thutmose III.

Although the Angels were a sub -. 500 team and remained one for much of his time there, Ryan managed to post some winning records, notably 19 – 16 in, 21 – 16 in and 22 – 16 in ( the 22 wins tied what remains the Angels franchise record, set by Clyde Wright in ).

Although this may seem extreme, the arguments.

Although his paper was widely cited, a random selection of 60 of these citations revealed that 29 of the papers were direct rebuttals or criticisms of Jensen's arguments, 8 cited the paper as an " example of controversy ," 8 used it as a background reference.

Although Confucianism is often followed in a religious manner by the Chinese, arguments continue over whether it is a religion.

" Although such similarities have given rise to arguments for the existence of a standardized system of urban layout and planning, the similarities are largely due to the presence of a semi-orthogonal type of civic layout, and a comparison of the layouts of Mohenjo-daro and Harappa shows that they are in fact, arranged in a quite dissimilar fashion.

Although the relationship between intellectual property and human rights is a complex one, there are moral arguments for intellectual property.

Although the number of individuals sincerely espousing solipsism has been small, it is not uncommon for one philosopher to accuse another's arguments of entailing solipsism as an unwanted consequence, in a kind of reductio ad absurdum.

Although Origen makes no direct reference to the Testimonium, scholars such as Louis Feldman and Zvi Baras have presented arguments that Origen may have seen a copy of the Testimonium and not commented on it for there was no need to complain about its tone.

Although he was wrong in this hypothesis, his arguments led him and others to perform some of the experiments which proved chemical synaptic transmission.

Although most Oxfordians agree on the main arguments for Oxford, the theory has spawned schismatic variants that have not met with wide acceptance by all Oxfordians, although they have gained much attention.

Although searching Shakespeare's works for encrypted clues supposedly left by the true author is associated mainly with the Baconian theory, such arguments are commonly made by Oxfordians as well.

Although somewhat dated in terms of " information culture " arguments, not to mention the obvious technological problems of a system that could work effectively for billions of years and requires multiple lifeforms agreeing on certain basics of communications technologies, this hypothesis is actually testable ( see below ).

Although critics responded to Paine's analysis of the Bible, they did not usually address his specific arguments.

Although no theory exists that supports this assumption, arguments can be made in its favor.

Although the number of individuals sincerely espousing solipsism has been small, it is not uncommon for one philosopher to accuse another's arguments of entailing solipsism as an unwanted consequence, in a kind of reductio ad absurdum.

Although the British judges found the emphasis on written arguments unattractive, they did like the idea of pre-reading ; that the court should read the pleadings of counsel, the case being appealed and the judgment from the lower court before delivering their judgment.

Although a few other historians harbour doubts about the authenticity of the work, the majority of other Anglo-Saxon scholars do not find these arguments persuasive.

Although opponents raised religious, moral, economic, and quality-of-life arguments similar to those preached during the nineteenth century, they also brought two new arguments to center stage: the historic nature of Monmouth's prohibition and the uniqueness that local prohibition brought to the town.

Although agricultural policy-makers are beginning to realise the arguments for upstream health intervention, practical measures remain politically unpalatable.

Although arguments about some potential New Testament books, such as the Shepherd of Hermas and Book of Revelation, continued well into the 4th century, four canonical gospels, attributed to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, were accepted among proto-orthodox Christians at least as early as the mid-2nd century.

Although the above is an argument for corporate taxation as opposed to the taxation of dividends, arguments for the taxation of income from capital would apply to both and on that count it can be argued that from a social policy standpoint it is unfair to tax income generated through active work at a higher rate than income generated through less active means ( although it might be said in defense that the ability to generate a material amount of dividend income can depend on years spent in active work pursuits ).

Although it is often regarded as the band's masterpiece, the recording sessions for Dog Man Star were fraught with difficulty, and ended with Butler departing the band after heated arguments with Anderson.

Although these arguments have not been widely accepted, governments such as the Netherlands and New Zealand have responded to the concerns by outlawing invasive experiments on certain classes of non-human primates, particularly the great apes.

Although initially designed to be a quarterly, the second edition of Form only emerged in April 1917, and soon after, Carter would resign due to arguments with Spare.