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    Chapter 1 · HaShutafin

    Who wrote the books of Scripture

    Lesson 8 of 44 25 min

    The baraita continues: who wrote each book?

    Lesson goals
    • 01Restate the source in your own words.
    • 02Identify the central distinction and explain its significance.
    • 03Apply the distinction in the exercise without adding a ruling absent from the source.
    01

    Source and decoding - Bava Batra 14b

    Bava Batra 14b
    מֹשֶׁה כָּתַב סִפְרוֹ וּפָרָשַׁת בִּלְעָם וְאִיּוֹב. יְהוֹשֻׁעַ כָּתַב סִפְרוֹ וּשְׁמוֹנָה פְּסוּקִים שֶׁבַּתּוֹרָה. שְׁמוּאֵל כָּתַב סִפְרוֹ וְשׁוֹפְטִים וְרוּת.

    Who wrote them? Moses wrote his book, the portion of Bilam, and Job.

    Who wrote them? Moses wrote his book, the portion of Bilam, and Job. Joshua wrote his book and eight verses of the Torah. Samuel wrote his book, Judges and Ruth. David wrote Psalms through ten elders. It continues: Jeremiah, Hezekiah and his circle, the Men of the Great Assembly, and Ezra.

    02

    Building the reasoning

    1. 1Restate the source in your own words.
    2. 2Identify the central distinction and explain its significance.
    3. 3Apply the distinction in the exercise without adding a ruling absent from the source.
    03

    Terms to decode

    ספרו
    his book
    על ידי
    by way of
    פרשת בלעם
    the Bilam portion
    04

    Before moving on

    Insight

    This lesson is a study framework, not a halachic ruling. Check everything in the sources, and bring practical questions to a rabbi.

    Practice

    Build a table: author / books. Fill only from the source.

    Lesson wrap-up

    The writing tradition is laid out in order - easy to map.

    Check your understanding

    Test yourself before marking the lesson complete.

    Question 1 of 4

    What did Moses write besides his book?

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