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John Bright
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BIOGRAPHY

Professor of Hebrew and the Interpretation of the Old Testament, Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, 1940–43; 1946–75. Author of A History of Israel and others.

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Engraving by Johann Sadeler after Chrispijn van den Broeck showing Ezra, a bearded man in robes and a cap, standing outdoors and reading an open book, with a landscape in the background.
Ezra was a religious leader of the Jews who returned from exile in Babylon, a reformer who reconstituted the Jewish community on the basis of the Torah Law (the regulations outlined in the first five books of the Hebrew Bible). His work helped make Judaism a religion in which law was central,…
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