There is no scholarly consensus as to when the Hebrew Bible canon was fixed : some scholars argue that it was fixed by the Hasmonean dynasty ( 140 -- 40 BCE ) .
Others argue consensus was not fixed until the second century CE or even later .
There is no scholarly consensus as to when the Hebrew Bible canon was fixed : some scholars argue that it was fixed by the Hasmonean dynasty ( 140 -- 40 BCE ) , while others argue it was not fixed until the second century CE or even later .