As the Scripture of Judaism, the Hebrew Bible has gone through a long history before evolving into its present form. This essay explores the scribal culture of the early composition of the Hebrew Bible and the redaction of the biblical texts by scribes. It also illustrates the historical process of canonization of the Hebrew Bible. In the second century BCE, different Jewish communities defined their own understandings of authoritative scriptures. The Hasmonean Dynasty, born in the shadow of empires, promoted a vigorously independent Jewish education and flourishing temple cult, which gave new impetus to the canonization of the Hebrew Bible. After the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE, the Pharisaic canon eventually became the traditional canon of Judaism, and its biblical monotheism would have great significance for constructing the cultural and religious identity of the Jewish people.