ezra
Noun
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A Jewish priest and scribe sent by the Persian king to restore Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem (synset 110984652)
is an instance of:
- copyist, scribe, scrivener - someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
- non-christian priest, priest - a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion
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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 (synset 106447853)
is an instance of: book - a major division of a long written compositionis a part of:
- old testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible
- hagiographa, ketubim, writings - the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures
same as: book of ezra
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