Statement

A comparable effort may lie behind the book of Ezra, in which the Persian Empire does more than acknowledge God's law: it lends its own authority, ordering that the ignorant be instructed and granting Ezra the power to penalize offenders.

References

1. p. 49

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   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

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