Bava Batra 15A

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and by the 3 sons of Korah.

Jeremiah wrote his own book, and the book of Kings, and Lamentations. Hezekiah and his colleagues wrote the following, and a mnemonic to remember which books they wrote is yod, mem, shin, kuf: Isaiah [Yeshaya], Proverbs [Mishlei], Song of Songs [Shir HaShirim], and Ecclesiastes [Kohelet]. The member

The Talmud comments: This supports Rav, as Rav Yehuda says that Rav says: Ezra did not ascend from Babylonia to Eretz Yisrael until he established his own genealogy, and after that he ascended. This genealogy is what is written in the book of Chronicles. And who completed the book of Chronicles for

The Talmud elaborates on the particulars of this baraita: The Master said above that Joshua wrote his own book and 8 verses of the Torah. The Talmud comments: This baraita is taught in accordance with the one who says that it was Joshua who wrote the last 8 verses in the Torah. This point is subje

R' Shimon said to him: Is it possible that the Torah scroll was missing a single letter? But it is written: “Take this Torah scroll” (Deuteronomy 31:26), indicating that the Torah was complete as is and that nothing further would be added to it. Rather, until this point God dictated and Moses repeat