Great Assembly ונביאים מסרוה לאנשי כנסת הגדולה [traditional] (jan 1, 516 BC – jan 1, 170 BC)
Description:
The prophets taught the Oral Torah to the Men of the Great Assembly. According to Jewish tradition, the Great Assembly was a group of leading scholars (essentially the first rabbis) who over the generations wrote many Jewish prayers, as well as a few of the books of the Tanakh.Important figures: Ezra, Mordechai, Malachi
(origin of the holiday of Purim)
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Date:
jan 1, 516 BC
jan 1, 170 BC
~ 346 years