Ezra & the Law in History and Tradition
Fried, Lisbeth S.
Ezra & the Law in History and Tradition Lisbeth S. Fried - U.S.A. University of South Carolina 2014 - 258tr. hardcover, illustrations 24 cm - Studies on Personalities of the Old Testament .
The historical Ezra was sent to Jerusalem as an emissary of the Persian monarch. What was his task? According to the Bible, the Persian king sent Ezra to bring the Torah, the five books of the Laws of Moses, to the Jews. Modern scholars have claimed not only that Ezra brought the Torah to Jerusalem, but that he actually wrote it, and in so doing Ezra created Judaism. Without Ezra, they say, Judaism would not exist. In Ezra and the Law in History and Tradition, Lisbeth S. Fried separates historical fact from biblical legend...
9781611173130
Bible -- Ezra -- Commentaries
Bible -- Old Testament -- Biography
222.7092 / F899-L77
Ezra & the Law in History and Tradition Lisbeth S. Fried - U.S.A. University of South Carolina 2014 - 258tr. hardcover, illustrations 24 cm - Studies on Personalities of the Old Testament .
The historical Ezra was sent to Jerusalem as an emissary of the Persian monarch. What was his task? According to the Bible, the Persian king sent Ezra to bring the Torah, the five books of the Laws of Moses, to the Jews. Modern scholars have claimed not only that Ezra brought the Torah to Jerusalem, but that he actually wrote it, and in so doing Ezra created Judaism. Without Ezra, they say, Judaism would not exist. In Ezra and the Law in History and Tradition, Lisbeth S. Fried separates historical fact from biblical legend...
9781611173130
Bible -- Ezra -- Commentaries
Bible -- Old Testament -- Biography
222.7092 / F899-L77