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Ezra

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Ezra

In the Old Testament, a Hebrew scribe who was allowed by Artaxerxes, king of Persia (probably Artaxerxes I, 464-423 BC), to lead his people back to Jerusalem from Babylon in 458 BC.

He re-established the Mosaic law (laid down by Moses) and forbade intermarriage.
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It is MERCIA AND ITS WORTHIES, written by Ezra Toms more than a hundred years ago.
The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context
It is rather fully expressed as a whole, in two of Browning's best known and finest poems, 'Rabbi ben Ezra,' and 'Abt Vogler.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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