According to Louis Ginzberg's " Legends of the Jews " , the twenty-four book canon of the Hebrew Bible was fixed by Ezra and the scribes in the Second Temple period.
Ngokwe- Legends of the Jews kaLouis Ginzberg, incwadi engamashumi amabili nane yezincwadi zeBhayibheli yesiHeberu yamiswa ngu- Ezra nababhali ngesikhathi seThempeli Lesibili.[6]