Ezra

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Jewish scribe biblical figure priest religious reformer

Ezra is a prominent Jewish scribe and priest traditionally credited with leading religious reforms and restoring the Torah’s authority among the Israelites after the Babylonian exile.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Ezra canonical	20
Ezra the Priest	1
Ezra the Scribe	1
Ezra the scribe	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish scribe ⓘ biblical figure ⓘ priest ⓘ religious reformer ⓘ
activeInCentury	5th century BCE ⓘ
activeInPeriod	post-exilic period ⓘ
associatedWithConcept	Torah observance ⓘ post-exilic Judaism ⓘ public scripture reading ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	return from Babylonian exile ⓘ
associatedWithPlace	Babylon ⓘ surface form: Babylonia Jerusalem ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Nehemiah ⓘ
commemoratedOn	Jewish fast of the Tenth of Tevet (traditional association in some sources) ⓘ
creditedWith	leading religious reforms in Judah ⓘ public reading of the Torah to the people ⓘ restoring the authority of the Torah ⓘ
culturalDepiction	appears in Christian biblical commentaries ⓘ appears in later Jewish midrashic literature ⓘ
ethnicity	Israelite ⓘ
genealogicalClaim	descendant of Aaron ⓘ descendant of Zadokite priestly line ⓘ
honorificTitle	Ezra self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ezra the Priest Ezra self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ezra the Scribe
knownFor	covenant renewal ceremony ⓘ opposition to intermarriage with foreign women ⓘ reading and explaining the Torah to the assembly ⓘ
language	Aramaic ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ
legacy	model of the scholar-scribe in Jewish tradition ⓘ strengthening the centrality of Torah in Jewish life ⓘ
mentionedIn	1 Esdras ⓘ Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ surface form: Book of Ezra Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ surface form: Book of Nehemiah Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Talmud ⓘ
missionAuthorizedBy	Artaxerxes I of Persia ⓘ surface form: Persian king Artaxerxes I
religion	Judaism ⓘ
role	leader of a group of returnees from Babylon ⓘ priest descended from Aaron ⓘ scribe skilled in the Law of Moses ⓘ
task	organizing community according to the Law of Moses ⓘ teaching the statutes and ordinances of the Torah in Judah ⓘ
textualAssociation	sometimes traditionally associated with editing or compiling parts of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
veneratedIn	Christianity ⓘ Islamic tradition ⓘ Judaism ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1 Esdras → traditionallyAttributedTo → Ezra ⓘ

Nehemiah → associatedWith → Ezra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ezra the scribe

Nehemiah → collaboratedWith → Ezra ⓘ

Artaxerxes I of Persia → interactedWith → Ezra ⓘ

Shealtiel → appearsInBook → Ezra ⓘ

Historical Books (Christian canon) → includesBook → Ezra ⓘ

Divrei Hayamim → traditionalAuthorship → Ezra ⓘ

2 Esdras → mainCharacter → Ezra ⓘ

Protestant Bible → containsBook → Ezra ⓘ

Pound → givenName → Ezra ⓘ

subject surface form: Ezra Pound

Ezra Cornell → givenName → Ezra ⓘ

Hitchhiking Ghosts → hasMember → Ezra ⓘ

Ezra Miller → givenName → Ezra ⓘ

Yehud Medinata → associatedWithReligiousLeader → Ezra ⓘ

Ezra Dee Alexander → givenName → Ezra ⓘ

Jehozadak → mentionedIn → Ezra ⓘ

Ezra → honorificTitle → Ezra self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ezra the Scribe

Ezra → honorificTitle → Ezra self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ezra the Priest

Ezra Edelman → givenName → Ezra ⓘ

Operation Ezra and Nehemiah → namedAfter → Ezra ⓘ

the Men of the Great Assembly (in some traditions) → traditionalLeader → Ezra ⓘ

subject surface form: Men of the Great Assembly

2 Chronicles → precedes → Ezra ⓘ

2 Chronicles → traditionallyAttributedTo → Ezra ⓘ