Question
Who wrote the Talmud?
Answer
The two Talmuds (Palestinian and Babylonian) both contain discussions of the Mishnah, by Rabbis who lived after 200 C.E. (when the Mishnah was compiled). The material in the Babylonian Talmud covers about a 300-year period, but the material in the Palestinian Talmud covers only about 150 years because the academies in Palestine were forced to close.