The Tanach, the Hebrew bible, is one of the most fundamental books of any Jewish home or library. It contains the Five Books of Moses, received at Sinai, and the books of Prophets and Writings, written through Divine revelation.
But who wrote the text that we have today in our books? How do we know our text is accurate? When were the vowels, the punctuation, the notes, the ketiv u’keri and the chapters added to this work?
In this class we look at the history of the Tanach and see what the Talmud and later rabbis say about it.
