The Torah, Prophets, and Writings probably reached authoritative status in that order, with the Torah first and all three divisions probably organized by the end of the first century BCE.
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“The Torah probably reached a fixed and authoritative status first, then the books of the Prophets and finally the Writings. And probably by the end of the first century, all of this was organized in some way.”
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