Karaite Judaism or Karaism (;, or Biblical Judaism"),'s a Jewish movement characterized by the recognition of the Tanakh as its scripture, and the rejection of Rabbinic Judaism and the Oral Law (the Mishnah and the Talmud) as binding. The movement crystallized in Baghdad, in present day Iraq. When interpreting the Tanakh, Karaites strive to adhere to the plain, or most obvious meaning (p'shat) of the text. This's in contrast to Rabbinical Judaism, which strives to employ the methods of p'shat,… (More on Karaites)