Talmud :  (noun)

1: the collection of ancient rabbinic writings on Jewish law and tradition (the Mishna and the Gemara) that constitute the basis of religious authority in Orthodox Judaism [syn: Talmud]

Gemara, Masorah, Mishnah, Spiritus Mundi, Sunna, ancient wisdom, archetypal myth, archetypal pattern, common law, custom, folk motif, folklore, folktale, immemorial usage, legend, lore, myth, mythology, racial memory, tradition, traditionalism, traditionality,