How Old Is The Mishnah?

How Old Is The Mishnah? Compiled around 200 by Judah the Prince, the Mishnah, meaning ‘repetition’, is the earliest authoritative body of Jewish oral law. It records the views of rabbinic sages known as the Tannaim (from the Aramaic ‘tena’, meaning to teach). What is the difference between Talmud and Mishnah? The Talmud is the