Statement

Even so, the Persian period does look like the time when the Bible's core, the Five Books of Moses and perhaps others, became a scripture that Judahites and Jews consulted about where they came from, what they owed God and what lay ahead.

References

1. p. 39

   supports · main text · ch. 2

   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

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