Old Testament · Historical Books
Ezra
Ezra records the return from Babylon, the rebuilding of the temple against opposition, and the recovery of Scripture at the centre of the community's life.
- Authorship
- Traditionally associated with Ezra the scribe, who speaks in the first person in part of the book.
- Historical setting
- Jerusalem after the Persian decree of return.
- Key themes
- Return · Rebuilding · Opposition · Scripture read and obeyed
- Where it sits in the story
- The people back in the land but still under empire, waiting for something more.
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