Definition of Book of Ezra

1. Noun. An Old Testament book telling of a rabbi's efforts in the 5th century BC to reconstitute Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity.

Exact synonyms: Ezra
Generic synonyms: Book
Group relationships: Old Testament, Hagiographa, Ketubim, Writings

Lexicographical Neighbors of Book Of Ezra

Boodha
Boodhas
Boodhism
Boodhist
Boodhists
Boogeyman
Book of Amos
Book of Baruch
Book of Common Prayer
Book of Daniel
Book of Deuteronomy
Book of Ecclesiastes
Book of Esther
Book of Exodus
Book of Ezekiel
Book of Ezra (current term)
Book of Genesis
Book of Habakkuk
Book of Haggai
Book of Hosea
Book of Isaiah
Book of Jeremiah
Book of Job
Book of Joel
Book of Jonah
Book of Joshua
Book of Judges
Book of Judith
Book of Lamentations
Book of Leviticus

Literary usage of Book of Ezra

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"The book can belong neither before Ezra nor under his leadership, since in that case mention of it would have been made in the book of Ezra, as is seen by ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"(6) An interval of fifty-eight years" is passed over in silence, nd the rest of the book of Ezra comprises his account of his ..."

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