Ezra — The return in two waves — Zerubbabel's altar and temple (538 BC) and Ezra's reforming arrival (458 BC). A book about rebuilding — the temple, the Torah-teaching community, and the covenant boundary.

Author

Ezra (traditional); the book uses first-person narrative in chs. 7–10

Date

Events 538–458 BC; compilation c. mid-5th century BC