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Ezra (; Hebrew: עזרא, Ezra ; fl.

480 – 440 BC ), also called Ezra the Scribe ( Hebrew: עזרא הסופר, Ezra ha-Sofer ) and Ezra the Priest in the Book of Ezra.

According to the Hebrew Bible he returned from the Babylonian exile and reintroduced the Torah in Jerusalem ( Ezra 7-10 and Neh 8 ).

According to First Esdras, a non-canonical Greek translation of the Book of Ezra, he was also a high priest.