The conditions under which the collection of books that make up the Old Testament was born and shaped, as well as the presentation of the content of its individual works, the political, social, and cultural context in which their authors lived, the process of their composition and integration into the collection, and the theological approaches they develop, constitute the main themes of this book. Its goal is to enable every interested party to access the content and understand the message of perhaps the only work of world literature that has maintained its relevance for two continuous millennia.