Jewish tradition is that the Hebrew Bible is from God (Exodus 24:12), given to us to provide knowledge, guidance, inspiration, awe and reverence, advice, law, comfort, history and more. It is the basis of Judaism.
Jews
For Jews, the Hebrew Bible is called the Tanakh. For Christians it is the Old Testament.
My opinion, is that during Bible times, Hebrew peoples were considered as, Jews.
For Jews, the next in importance is the Talmud.
They spoke Hebrew!
It is the location of the events and stories of the Hebrew Bible.
The Hebrew Bible is used for prayer, study, and is read from on special ocassions such as Holidays and Shabbat. The Torah (the first part of the Hebrew Bible) is also read from on Mondays and Thursdays.
The Jews call it the Torah.
Jews regard all of the books of the Hebrew Bible as holy. The holiest part of the Bible are the first 5 books, called, "The Torah".
The real Jews (Hebrew Israelites) that the Bible speaks of are Negroes, Latinos/Hispanics and Native Americans.
Obedience to the hebrew bible's commandment to love your fellow humans as yourself. Yes it is the reason that Jews handle themselves they way they do
The Septuagint (from the Latin septuaginta, "seventy") is a translation of the Hebrew Bible and some related texts into Koine Greek.In Hebrew it is known as the תרגום השבעים ("Translation of the 70").