The rabbinic sages whose views are recorded in the Mishnah, from approx. 70–200 c.e. The period of the Tanna’im (also referred to as the “Mishnaic period”) came after the period of the Zugot (“pairs”), and before the period of the ‘Amora’im; lasting about 130 years. Tannaitic (adj.), tanna’im (pl. n.), Aramaic.