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Category: History & Society
Hebrew:
ʿezraʾ
Flourished:
4th century bc, Babylon and Jerusalem
Flourished:
c.500 BCE - c.301 BCE
Subjects Of Study:
Judaism
Torah
Role In:
Babylonian Captivity
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Ezra (flourished 4th century bc, Babylon and Jerusalem) was a religious leader of the Jews who returned from exile in Babylon, a reformer who reconstituted the Jewish community on the basis of the Torah (Law, or the regulations of the first five books of the Old Testament). His work helped make Judaism a religion in which law was central, enabling the Jews to survive as a community when they were dispersed all over the world. Since his efforts did much to give Jewish religion the form that was to characterize it for centuries after, Ezra has with some justice been ...(100 of 704 words)

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