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The books of the Old Testament were written, in the form we know today, long after the destruction of the northern kingdom of Israel. Those written before the Babylonian Exile were intended to be read by the people of the smaller, southern kingdom of Judah, while later books were intended to be read by the Jews during and after the Babylonian Exile.

The Old Testament books were selected and formalised as the Hebrew Bible by the Council of Jamnia, meeting in 96 CE. The Hebrew Bible became the scriptures to be read by all future generations of Jews.

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