EPISODE · Oct 1, 2017 · 30 MIN
2.6 Leaving Babylon IV: Nehemiah and Ezra Stand Against Ruth
from History in the Bible · host Garry Stevens
Governor Nehemiah and priest-scribe Ezra finally bring the Jews back home from Babylon. Modern scholars reverse the Biblical order of the two, and so do I. The two institute a tax-payer-funded theocracy. Ezra rejects the old Hebrew religion and founds modern Judaism. Intermarriage is forbidden. Against that stance is the Book of Ruth.
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2.6 Leaving Babylon IV: Nehemiah and Ezra Stand Against Ruth
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