Bab. (other)
"Bab." may be an abbreviation for: * Charles Babington, an English botanist *The Babylonian Talmud See also * Bab (other) Bab or BAB can refer to: *Bab (toponymy), a component of Arabic toponyms literally meaning "gate" * Set (mythology) (also known as Bab, Baba, or Seth) ancient Egyptian god * Bab (Shia Islam), a term designating deputies of the Imams in Shia Islam ...

Charles Babington
Charles Cardale Babington (23 November 1808 – 22 July 1895) was an English botanist, entomologist, and archaeologist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1851. A contemporary of Charles Darwin, he was a student of John Stevens Henslow, active in botanical circles and succeeded Henslow as professor of botany at Cambridge. Apart from the ''Manual of British Botany'' which went into several editions, he published floras of Bath and Cambridgeshire; and a monograph on the genus ''Rubus''. In his taxonomic approach, he was considered a splitter. Life and work Babington was born in Ludlow, Shropshire, the son of physician Rev. Joseph Babington and Cathérine née Whitter, and a nephew of Thomas Babington Macaulay. When he was four, the family moved to Leicester. At eight he received private tuition at Needwood Parsonage, Staffordshire. He went briefly to Charterhouse followed by Hutchins's school at Bath. In 1826 he joined St John's College, Cambridge, obtaining his ...
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Talmud
The Talmud (; ) is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (''halakha'') and Jewish theology. Until the advent of Haskalah#Effects, modernity, in nearly all Jewish communities, the Talmud was the centerpiece of Jewish culture, Jewish cultural life and was foundational to "all Jewish thought and aspirations", serving also as "the guide for the daily life" of Jews. The Talmud includes the teachings and opinions of thousands of rabbis on a variety of subjects, including halakha, Jewish ethics, Jewish philosophy, philosophy, Jewish customs, customs, Jewish history, history, and Jewish folklore, folklore, and many other topics. The Talmud is a commentary on the Mishnah. This text is made up of 63 Masekhet, tractates, each covering one subject area. The language of the Talmud is Jewish Babylonian Aramaic. Talmudic tradition emerged and was compiled between the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE and the Arab conquest in the early seve ...
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