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Definition of Book of ezra
1. 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.
Generic synonyms: Book
Group relationships: Old Testament, Hagiographa, Ketubim, Writings
Lexicographical Neighbors of Book Of Ezra
Literary usage of Book of ezra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"The book can belong neither before Ezra nor under his leadership, since in that
case mention of it would have been made in the book of Ezra, as is seen by ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"(6) An interval of fifty-eight years" is passed over in silence, nd the rest of
the book of Ezra comprises his account of his ..."
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