FACT CHECK · JEWISH HISTORY
Claim: The 'Palestinian Talmud' is a real Jewish book
TRUETHE ANSWER
Scholars call the Jerusalem Talmud (Talmud Yerushalmi, c.400 CE) the 'Palestinian Talmud'. Jewish sages wrote it in the Galilee; 'Palestinian' then included Jews.
Jewish sages compiled it in Tiberias around 400 CE.
SOURCE
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Talmud and Midrash'
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