The Return of the Jewish Temple

Ezra and Nechemia were born into a community of Jews that had been forcibly exiled from Judea and relocated to Babylon after the destruction of the First Temple. They lived in what was known as the Persian Diaspora around the year 450BCE. They both returned to Judea with a mission: Nehemia came to rebuild the ruined city of Jerusalem, and Ezra...came to rebuild the Jewish soul.

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