2006-07-17 23:58:50 · 4 answers · asked by Researcher 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In the 6th century BC, Nebuchadnezzar swept out of Mesopotamia (Iraq) and threw down the holy temple built by Solomon and carried most of the Jews off to live in Babylon as prisoners.
About seventy years later, the Persian king Cyrus the Great decided to end this state of affairs, and declared that the Jews should be restored to their land, and that the temple to God should be built again.
After a long effort to get the temple rebuilt, Ezra was the prophet who taught the Jews the bible, re-reading to them Moses laws, etc. His story is chronicled in the book of Ezra and the book of Nehemiah.
http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/ezra/
http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/nehemiah/
2006-07-18 00:15:02 · answer #1 · answered by evolver 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not Jews but according to the Holly Quran, he is one of the prophet for the Jews.
2006-07-18 07:29:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Ezra was a scribe who had led a small group of Jews from exile in Babylon"
From: http://www.religioustolerance.org/div_lib.htm
Also...."Ezra was a prophet of the Old Testament and the author of the Book of Ezra"
From: http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=ezra
2006-07-18 07:01:19 · answer #3 · answered by Frodo the space bard 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am curious about that also !!!!!
2006-07-18 07:03:31 · answer #4 · answered by wisam z 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋