EZRA


Meaning of EZRA in English

[Judaic] "Help". The famous scribe and priest, resident at Babylon, who returned to Jerusalem with his countrymen in 458 BCE where he began immediate reforms. He collected and revised the previous Old Testament writings and largely settled the Old Testament canon. His book is the 15th of the O.T. and tells the story of the return and the establishment of a new order of things at Jerusalem and in Judea.

Encyclopedia Mythica English dictionary.      Английский энциклопедический словарь греческой мифологии.