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Book of Ezra — The Book of Ezra is a book of the Bible in the Old Testament and Hebrew Tanakh. It is the record of events occurring at the close of the Babylonian captivity. At one time, it included the Book of Nehemiah, and the Jews regarded them as one volume … Wikipedia
Book of Ezra — noun an Old Testament book telling of a rabbi s efforts in the 5th century BC to reconstitute Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity • Syn: ↑Ezra • Instance Hypernyms: ↑book • Part Holonyms: ↑Hagiographa, ↑Ketubim,… … Useful english dictionary
EZRA AND NEHEMIAH, BOOKS OF — EZRA AND NEHEMIAH, BOOKS OF, two books in the Hagiographa (i.e., the Book of Ezra and the Book of Nehemiah), which were originally a single work. The Masoretic tradition regarded the books of Ezra and Nehemiah as one book and referred to it as… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
EZRA — (Heb. עֶזְרָא; (YHWH) helps ), priest and scribe who played a major role in the rebuilding of the Temple, after the return from the Babylonian exile. The Man and His Mission Ezra whose name means help (possibly a shortened form for עֲזַרְיָה The… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
EZRA, APOCALYPSE OF — (also known as Ezra IV), book of visions ascribed to Ezra the Scribe, written between 95–100 C.E., probably in Ereẓ Israel. It is extant in some Greek fragments, Latin, Syriac, Ethiopic, two separate Arabic versions, Armenian, Georgian, and a… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Ezra in rabbinic literature — Ezra in rabbinic literature.His workEzra marks the springtime in the national history of Judaism. The flowers appear on the earth (Cant. ii. 12) refers to Ezra and Nehemiah (Midr. Cant. ad loc.). [ [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid… … Wikipedia
Ezra (disambiguation) — Ezra is a personal name derived from Hebrew, written variously as עֶזְרָא ( Standard Hebrew ), ʿEzra, ( Tiberian Hebrew ), ʿEzrâ: Arabic: Uzair (عزير), Turkish: Esra.* Ezra or Esdras, Biblical figures * Islamic view of Ezra * Book of Ezra, a book … Wikipedia
EZRA, GREEK BOOK OF — (also called the Apocryphal Ezra, First Esdras, or Third Esdras), a Greek translation of the last two chapters of II Chronicles, the entire Book of Ezra (except for 1:6), and Nehemiah 7:73–8:13. It differs from the canonical version in that a… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Ezra — For other uses, see Ezra (disambiguation). Ezra from Guillaume Rouillé s Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum … Wikipedia
Book of Nehemiah — Hebrew Bible Tanakh … Wikipedia
Ezra Taft Benson — LDSInfobox English name=Ezra Taft Benson birth name=Ezra Taft Benson birth date=birth date|1899|08|04 birthplace=Whitney, Idaho dead=dead death date=death date and age|1994|05|30|1899|08|04 deathplace=Salt Lake City, Utah prophet date=death date… … Wikipedia