Ezra ha-Sofer

GPTKB entity

Statements (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:priest
gptkb:prophecy
religious leader
Biblical figure
Jewish scribe
gptkbp:activePeriod 5th century BCE
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Return_to_Zion
gptkb:Great_Assembly
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Tomb_of_Ezra
gptkb:Al-Uzair,_Iraq
gptkbp:category gptkb:Prophets_in_Judaism
Biblical figure
5th-century BCE Jews
People in the deuterocanonical books
Jewish priests
Jewish scribes
gptkbp:commemoratedBy 10th of Tevet (in some traditions)
23rd of Sivan (in some traditions)
gptkbp:father gptkb:Seraiah
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ezra ha-Sofer
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Judaism
Synagogue practices
gptkbp:knownFor Reintroducing the Torah in Jerusalem
Religious reforms in post-exilic Jerusalem
Leading a group of Judean exiles from Babylon to Jerusalem
gptkbp:language gptkb:Aramaic
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkbp:legacy Credited with establishing public Torah reading
Instituted the Men of the Great Assembly
Regarded as the founder of modern Judaism
Instituted the reading of the Torah on Mondays and Thursdays
gptkbp:mentionedIn gptkb:Book_of_Ezra
gptkb:Book_of_Nehemiah
gptkb:1_Esdras
gptkb:2_Esdras
gptkbp:nationality Judean
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Babylon
gptkb:Jerusalem
gptkbp:title gptkb:priest
gptkb:prophecy
Scribe
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ezra_the_Scribe
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6