Original sentence: According to Jewish tradition, the Torah was recompiled by Ezra during Second Temple period.Adler explored the likelihhood that Judaism, as the widespread practice of Torah law by Jewish society at large, first emerged in Judea during the reign of the Hasmonean dynasty, centuries after the putative time of Ezra.More recently, Yonatan Adler has argued that in fact there is no surviving evidence to support the notion that the Torah was widely known, regarded as authoritative, and put into practice, any time prior to the middle of the 2nd century BCE.The Talmud holds that the Torah was written by Moses, with the exception of the last eight verses of Deuteronomy, describing his death and burial, being written by Joshua
Edited sentence: And in 8:3; He read from it before the square which was in front of the Water Gate from early morning until midday  The Talmud also states that the Torah was written by Moses, with the exception of the last eight verses of Deuteronomy, describing his death and burial, being written by Joshua.Deuteronomy 31:24 states; After Moses finished writing in a book the words of this Torah from beginning to end, he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the lord “Take this Book of the Torah and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God.It states; The people asked Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the Torah of Moses which the Lord had given to Israel.Nehemiah 8:1 speaks of this book of the Torah of Moses.There it will remain as a witness against you.This indicates that Moses wrote a Book of the Torah