jewscout
Religious Zionist
Victor said:Isn't it the other way around?
The Mishnah came first and the Talmud is a dwarf and simpler version of the Mishnah. In regards to when it was put into writing.
the Mishnah is part of the Talmud...it is the oral tradition, the Oral Torah that had been passed on in that format for generations prior...the Mishnah was written down first and then followed by the Gemara, the Rabbinical commentary, if i remember correctly...
together they form the Talmud.