The Talmud records the discussions of the rabbis on law, ethics, story and belief, built on the Mishnah, compiled around 200 CE. The Babylonian Talmud, completed around the sixth century, became the foundation of Jewish study. Its pages also contain early traditions of mystical speculation.
Talmud
The central text of rabbinic Judaism: the Mishnah and its vast commentary, the Gemara.