Questions tagged [ezra-the-scribe]
Ezra the Scribe (Heb. עזרא הסופר) was one of the leaders of the Jewish people in the Land of Judah during the Persian Empire. The Book of Ezra is name after him.
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What is the relationship between Ezra's scroll and the Aleppo/Leningrad codeces?
I'm a little bit confused. If Ezra re-established a singular text to the Torah, how is it that we have the Aleppo Codex and the Leningrad Codex and three different scribal traditions for Ashkenaz, ...
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Is the Prophet Malachi the same person as Ezra Hasofer?
I saw in a few places that when they write Malachi, in parentheses they write Ezra. Does that mean that some people agree that they are one person?
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Is there a particular reason Ezra HaSofer name is spelled with an "א" instead of with a "ה"?
In 1st Chronicles 4:17, a man from the tribe of Yehudah by the name of Ezrah is listed as follows:
And the sons of Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon. And
she bore Miriam, and Shammai, ...
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Why did it take so long for Ezra to notice the intermarriages?
In Ezra 7:8 it says Ezra and the people who made aliyah with him arrived in Yerushalayim in the fifth month. In 8:32-33 it says they rested for three days and on the fourth were ready to count the ...
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Did Ezra abrogate the Mosaic Law in Num. xviii. 21,(according to Yeb. 86b, Ḥul. 131b)?
According to http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/636-abrogation-of-laws
The ancient rabbis claimed authority, not only to make new provisions and to establish institutions as a "hedge&...
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Status of Torah written in Ksav Ivri written before Ezra Hasofer
The gemara in Sanhedrin 21 brings a discussion regarding what script the Torah was givin . One opnion holds that the Torah was given in ksav Ivri (luchos prob given in ksav ashuris according to all). ...
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Ezra HaSofer and the text of the Pentateuch
I am an italian gentile believer in HaShem, who observes the precepts of Noah as taught by the Creator in the Holy Torah.
I ask for your response on the following question:
If I understand ...
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Have Jews believed that Ezra was the son of God?
In reading the Qur'an, I noticed this passage:
Qur'an 9:30 The Jews say, "Ezra is the son of Allah "; and the Christians say, "The Messiah is the son of Allah ." That is their statement from their ...
