01294nam a2200277 a 450000500170000000800200001702000180003704100080005508200130006308200130007610000220008910000110011124500440012224500210016626000110018726000330019826000090023130000110024030000290025130000100028049000500029052005360034065000340087665000400091085600660095020260119071413.02024-06-14 13:51:24  a9781611173130  aeng  a222.7092  bF899-L77  aFried, Lisbeth S.  eAuthor  aEzra & the Law in History and Tradition  cLisbeth S. Fried  aU.S.A.  bUniversity of South Carolina  c2014  a258tr.  bhardcover, illustrations  c24 cm  aStudies on Personalities of the Old Testament  aThe 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...  aBible -- Ezra -- Commentaries  aBible -- Old Testament -- Biography4 uhttps://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14769/ez.jpgyCover Image