Ezra
~458 BCE, Babylon and Jerusalem under Artaxerxes I
Priest and scribe of the law of Moses, described as "skilled in the law of Moses which the LORD God of Israel had given." He led the second return from Babylon to Jerusalem. When he heard that the people and priests had intermarried with the surrounding peoples, he tore his garment and his cloak, pulled hair from his head and beard, and sat appalled until the evening sacrifice. He read the Torah publicly to the entire assembly from early morning until midday, and the people wept as they listened.
On their voice
~458 BCE. A man for whom the text is not a document but a living covenant. His grief when the covenant is broken is physical — the torn garments, the pulled beard. His joy when it is read publicly is equally overwhelming.
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