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The City in 4 Ezra
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In 4 Ezra's fourth vision and its interpretation, the visionary sees a mourning woman who is transformed into "an established city, and a place of huge foundations" (10:27). The city is Zion (10:44). Because you mourned Zion sincerely, the angel says to Ezra, "the Most High... has shown you the brilliance of her glory, and the loveliness of her beauty" (10:50). The city that Ezra has seen is the city of the Most High, glorious and beautiful, and not just the earthly Jerusalem. This is clear s...
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The City in 4 Ezra
Journal of Biblical Literature
; In 4 Ezra's fourth vision and its interpretation, the visionary sees a mourning woman who is transformed into "an established city, and a place of huge foundations" (10:27). The city is Zion (10:44). Because you mourned Zion sincerely, the angel says to Ezra, "the Most High has shown you the
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Ezra weighs matter of sewage suit
Honolulu Star - Bulletin
; "It's not that the EPA isn't moving fast enough. It's that they're not moving at all." U.S. District Judge David Ezra says "it is troublesome" that the city has not made progress despite promises in a 1995 consent decree to upgrade its aging sewage treatment system and reduce spills. But Ezra said
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Ezra the Scribe. The man who reshaped Judaism
Jerusalem Post
; Gail Lichtman Jerusalem Post 10-19-2001 Headline: Ezra the Scribe. The man who reshaped Judaism Byline: Gail Lichtman Edition; In Jerusalem Section: Features Page: 07 Friday, October 19, 2001 -- Despite the fact that the period of Ezra and the return to Zion was a pivotal transition point between
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Sixth Ezra: The Text and Origin
Journal of Biblical Literature
; Sixth Ezra: The Text and Origin, by Theodore A. Bergren. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Pp. xiv + 282. $49.95. The apocalyptic work traditionally called 2 Esdras, which is included as an appendix to the Latin Vulgate (where it is entitled 4 Ezra), is of Jewish origin with some Christian
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Ezra: Government will prevent Barghouti serving as PA minister
Jerusalem Post
; ... Ezra: Government will prevent Barghouti serving as PA minister Byline: YIGAL GRAYEFF and GIL HOFFMAN Edition; Daily Section: News Page: 01 Tuesday, January 24, 2006 -- The government won't allow jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti to serve as a minister ...
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Life is better than ever for Better than Ezra
The Boston Globe
; BETTER THAN EZRA with the Dambuilders and Poster Children At: The Paradise, Friday night The guys in the band may be Better Than Ezra, but they are not -- no way, no how -- gloating at the top, sitting on laurels, counting chips, or building castles in the air. Better Than Ezra, a New Orleans-based
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Ezra and Nehemiah
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
; GORDON F. DAVIES, Ezra and Nehemiah (Berit Olam, Studies in Hebrew Narrative and Poetry; Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press/ Michael Glazier, 1999). Pp. xxii + 148. $29.95. The distinctive feature of this commentary is its author's primary concern with the socioliterary character of Ezra-Nehemiah
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Ezra fights the green fight with little sway and less money. Environment minister wages uphill battle to make pollution a priority
Jerusalem Post
; ... Environment minister wages uphill battle to make pollution a priority Byline: SHELLY PAZ and AMIR MIZROCH Edition; Daily Section: News Page: 08 Friday, September 28, 2007 -- Eighteen months after taking over the Environmental Protection Ministry, Gideon Ezra says ...
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Arab rights group urges investigation of Ezra for incitement
Jerusalem Post
; ... 10-21-2004 Headline: Arab rights group urges investigation of Ezra for incitement Byline: DAVID RUDGE Edition; Daily Section: News Page: 04 Thursday, October 21, 2004 -- The Mossawa advocacy center for Arab citizens of Israel is urging Attorney-General Menahem ...
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The MBQR at Qumran, the episkopos in the Athenian empire, and the meaning of Lbqr in Ezra 7:14: On the relation of Ezra's mission to the Persian legal project
Journal of Biblical Literature
; "The closer one looks, the more enigmatic Ezra's mission becomes."l So writes L. L. Grabbe, one of the many scholars who have tried to determine why-and indeed whether-Artaxerxes sent Ezra to Jerusalem. His solution? "We can only conclude that the mission of Ezra has yet to be explained."2 The
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