Statement

How and when the books of the Prophets and the Writings entered the Bible is unknown, but what little can be inferred suggests that their canonization was shaped by that of the Torah, with these later books seen as a kind of supplement or extension of it.

References

1. p. 50

   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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