The return of several tens of thousands of Jews from the Babylonian exile and the rebuilding of Jerusalem and the Temple.
Jewish History is contained in thousands of books. A short list is: The Torah The Prophets The Writings The Mishna The Gemara
Moses wrote the Torah (Deuteronomy 31:24) as dictated to him by God (Exodus 24:12).
Details of Jewish history are scattered throughout all the books of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), and the pages of the Talmud.Those books that have relatively large amounts of historical information are: Genesis, the first half of Exodus, Numbers ch.9-36, Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, Ruth, Esther, Daniel, Ezra and Nehemiah.For a history of the Talmudic period, see (among other sources) the Letter (Iggeres) of Rav Sherira Gaon, which is available in English and was written about 1000 years ago.
Depending upon the version of the Bible used (with Apochryphal writings it is 16), and if you consider the Nation of Israel, the Hebrews, and Jews as synonomous, then the 'history' books number 12 from Joshua through to Esther. A note is important here as all books in the Bible have historical aspects to them. See related link below listing the 12:
The Jewish writings that contain the history of the Israelites and the basic laws of their religion are called the Torah. It is the first part of the Hebrew Bible and is considered the most sacred text in Judaism. The Torah consists of the five books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
The Book of Nehemiah does not specifically name its author, but both Jewish and Christian traditions recognize Ezra as the author. This is based on the fact that the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah were originally one.
Jewish History is contained in thousands of books. A short list is: The Torah The Prophets The Writings The Mishna The Gemara
The Jewish Bible has 24 books. The entire Samuel is one book, as is all of Kings. Ezra+Nehemiah is also counted as one, as is all of Chronicles.
In the Bible, the books Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther make up the Books of History.
AnswerThe Books of Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah form an integrated block of text with a unity of style and content and are believed to have been written by an anonymous author now known as the 'Chronicler'. With the overlapping between the actions of Ezra and Nehemiah in these books, it is possible that Ezra was a fiction.Jewish Traditional AnswerAccording to Jewish tradition, as specified in the Talmud Bava Batra 15a, Ezra wrote both the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. He also wrote most of the book of Chronicles.
In The Bible, Ezra was a man who was sent to teach the law of God and purify the Jewish community. Ezra is written about in the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah.
The first five books of the Bible, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, tell of the early history of Israel. But the books of Joshua Judges, Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah, tell also of the later history of Israel.
The books of the Bible that are traditionally catalogued as "history books" are the following: Joshua Judges Ruth I & II Samuel I & II Kings I & II Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah Esther
Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1,2 Samuel, 1,2 Kings, 1,2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther.
To teach, exhort, provide some history, tell us God's ways, keep us from straying, and to describe the covenant and God's commands.
They are the books of Jewish history of kings and their deeds as well as prophets and their prophecies.
The sacred writings in a whole is called the TaNaKh which stands for Torah, Nevi'im and Ketuvim. It is written in the Jewish language called Hebrew, except for the books Ezra, Nehemiah, Daniel which are written in Aramaic.