How did the Hebrews create an enduring written religious tradition and what was its significance?

1) How the Israelites created a written religious tradition: They faithfully obeyed, recorded, taught and studied the Words of God in the Torah and from their prophets.

See: The history of the Jewish Bible

2) The Israelite traditions have made the Jewish people what they are and have contributed much to Western society. See: The influence of Hebrew traditions