Ezra Studies

accidental already Aramaic Artaxerxes Artaxerxes II Babylonia beginning Bible book of Ezra book of Nehemiah canonical century B. C. chap chapters Chron Chron.-Ezr.-Neh Chronicler Chronicler's history clause codex conclusion corruption course Cyrus Daniel Darius documents edition Egyptian emended Esdr Esdras especially evidence example exiles Ezr.-Neh Ezra-Nehemiah fact give given Greek Greek text Greek translation Greek version Haggai Hebrew text Hexaplar II Chron interpolator Israel Jerusalem Jewish Jews Josephus Judea king letter Levites manuscripts massoretic narrative narrator Nehemiah old Greek Old Testament original Palestine papyri passage Persian Persian period phrase priests probably proper names reading recension regard Rehum reign rendering restoration Samaritans Sanaballat scholars Semitic Shechem Sheshbazzar Shimshai story of Ezra suppose Syriac temple Theodotion Theodotion's Three Youths tion Torrey tradition transliteration verb verse word writing written Yahwè Zerubbabel ἐν καὶ τοῦ אלהא בית דנה מלכא