You are hereHomeBARSeptember/October 1986The Omnipresence of the God-Fearers The Talmud is the body of Jewish civil and religious law which, according to tradition, was transmitted orally by God to Moses at Mt. Sinai. It was codified in Palestine about 400 A.D. and in Babylonia about 500 A.D. Join the BAS Library! Already a library member? Log in here. Institution user? Log in with your IP address.