According to Jewish tradition, the Torah was recompiled by Ezra during Second Temple period.Ginzberg, Louis (1909). The Legends of the Jews Vol. IV: Ezra (Translated by Henrietta Szold) Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society. The Talmud says that Ezra changed the script used to write the Torah from the older Hebrew script to Assyrian script, so called according to the Talmud, because they brought it with them from Assyria.Sanhedrin 21b Maharsha says that Ezra made no changes to the actual text of the Torah based on the Torah's prohibition of making any additions or deletions to the Torah in Deuteronomy 12:32. Commentary on the Talmud, Sanhedrin 21bthumb|upright=0.75|One common formulation of the documentary hypothesis.
According to Jewish tradition, the Torah was recompiled by Ezra during Second Temple period.Ginzberg Louis (1909). The Le,gends of the Jews Vol. IV: Ezra (Translated by Henrietta Szold) Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society. The Talmud says that Ezra changed the script used to write the Torah from the older Hebrew script to Assyrian script, so called according to the Talmud, because they brought it with them from Assyria.Sanhedrin 21b Maharsha says that Ezra made no changes to the actual text of the Torah based on the Torah's prohibition of making any additions or deletions to the Torah in Deuteronomy 12:32. Commentary on the Talmud, Sanhedrin 21bthumb|upright=0.75|One common formulation of the documentary hypothesis.