Book contents
- Why the Bible Began
- Why the Bible Began
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Introduction
- Part I The Rise and Fall
- Part II Admitting Defeat
- 9 Daughter Zion
- 10 The Creator
- 11 Haggai the Prophet
- 12 Nehemiah the Builder
- 13 Ezra the Educator
- 14 Hoshayahu the Soldier
- Part III A New Narrative
- Part IV A People of Protest
- Subject Index
- Scholars Cited
- Biblical References
- References
13 - Ezra the Educator
Forming a People of the Book
from Part II - Admitting Defeat
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 July 2023
- Why the Bible Began
- Why the Bible Began
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Introduction
- Part I The Rise and Fall
- Part II Admitting Defeat
- 9 Daughter Zion
- 10 The Creator
- 11 Haggai the Prophet
- 12 Nehemiah the Builder
- 13 Ezra the Educator
- 14 Hoshayahu the Soldier
- Part III A New Narrative
- Part IV A People of Protest
- Subject Index
- Scholars Cited
- Biblical References
- References
Summary
The year is 444 bce. Athens is now busy establishing an empire, and its leader Pericles has sponsored a building plan to refortify its main ports and the Long Walls that provided the city with a secure access to the sea. Meanwhile in Jerusalem, the inhabitants of Judah have just finished rebuilding the municipal fortifications of Jerusalem. Both its walls and temple had long languished in the rubble to which Babylonian armies had consigned them, but now they are standing again.
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- Why the Bible BeganAn Alternative History of Scripture and its Origins, pp. 204 - 220Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023