| Ezra 10 | |
|---|---|
 Ezra the scribe. In: Folio 5r from the Codex Amiatinus (Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, MS Amiatinus 1) | |
| Book | Book of Ezra |
| Category | Ketuvim |
| Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 15 |
Ezra 10 is the tenth and final chapter of the Book of Ezra in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible,[1] or the tenth chapter of the book of Ezra-Nehemiah in the Hebrew Bible, which treats the book of Ezra and book of Nehemiah as one book.[2] Jewish tradition states that Ezra is the author of Ezra-Nehemiah as well as the Book of Chronicles,[3] but modern scholars generally accept that a compiler from the 5th century BCE (the so-called "Chronicler") is the final author of these books.[4] The section comprising chapters 7 to 10 mainly describes the activities of Ezra the scribe and the priest.[5] This chapter and the previous one deal with the problem of intermarriage, especially the solution of it, ending with a list of those who sent away their "foreign" wives and children; a somber note which finds relief in the Book of Nehemiah, as the continuation of the Book of Ezra.[6]
- ^ Halley 1965, p. 233.
- ^ Grabbe 2003, p. 313.
- ^ Babylonian Talmud Baba Bathra 15a, apud Fensham 1982, p. 2
- ^ Fensham 1982, pp. 2–4.
- ^ Grabbe 2003, p. 317.
- ^ Grabbe 2003, pp. 317–318.
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