Ezra and the Restoration Period

Ezra is much to be admired and emulated. And yet, for reasons understandable (but insufficient), he seems perpetually consigned to the “B-team” of Old Testament heroes. Although Ezra plays important roles in two Old Testament books, they are secondary positions. The book that bears his name and that he was used of God to pen is, in large part, history. Chapters 1 through 6 record the Jewish ex