The oldest explanation of the longer Greek canon rests on attributing great importance to the difference between the Hellenised Jews of the diaspora, and especially the community based in Alexandria, in Egypt, and the non- Hellenised Jews of Palestine. Widespread dissemination of books tends to suggest that they have a high level of authority and popularity. There are manuscripts containing all or part of all the books now in the Hebrew Bible except Esther, with a particularly high occurrence of the Pentateuch and the Psalms. The translation of texts into another language generally implies that they are accorded a high status, and the very existence of the Greek Bible is a testimony to the status of the Old Testament books. Jewish and Christian writers use incidents in the Pentateuch and historical books to illustrate how a good life should be lived and sins avoided.