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Council of Jamnia

Also known as Yavneh 'council'

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Once-popular theory of a rabbinic council at Yavneh (c. 90) closing the Hebrew canon; most scholars now reject the idea of a formal council.

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The Council of Jamnia was the name given by 19th century Jewish exegete Heinrich Graetz to a council he hypothesized had been convened by Pharisees in Jamnia in the Palestine region in the late 1st century CE. He proposed that at this Council the third and final phase of the canonization of the Jewish scriptures was completed.

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