How was the Jewish scriptures made and who made them and what are they?

Answer 1

The Hebrew scriptures are called the TANAKH. They comprise the Torah, the five books of Moses, the holy text read in Synagogue; Prophets; and Writings. Traditional Jewish belief is that G-d gave the Torah directly to the Jews at Mt Sinai. Indeed, this national revelation is the official start of Judaism. Over a million Jews heard G-d's voice. No other faith originated with such a mass experience of G-d. Moses wrote down the Torah, and Orthodox Jews believe G-d dictated them to Moses. Less Orthodox Jews may instead believe that Moses himself authored much of the Torah; he was an educated man, having been brought up in Egypt at the court of the Pharoah. Some Jews believe that there were several authors of the Torah, and support for this is found in the fact that there are some three of four different writing styles to be found within the Torah. When Christians refer to the 'Old Testament' they are NOT referring to the Jewish bible. The OT is a Church-edited, wrongly organised and often MIStranslated dilution of the Tanakh. No Jew reads the OT. We study the Tanakh, usually in the original Hebrew. http://www.whatjewsbelieve.org/ http://www.ajewwithaview.com