But the Greek 3rd Book of Ezra ( 1 Esdras ) suggests that Babylonians:

The Book of Ezra is a book of the Hebrew Bible.

( This last mission, that of Nehemiah, is not part of the Book of Ezra.

The Book of Ezra consists of ten chapters: chapters 1-6, covering the period from the Decree of Cyrus to the dedication of the Second Temple, are told in the third person ; chapters 7-10, dealing with the mission of Ezra, are told largely in the first person.

The following table is a guide to major events in the region during the period covered by the Book of Ezra:

The events take place in the second half of the 5th century BC, and together with the Book of Ezra, it represents the final chapter in the historical narrative of the Hebrew Bible

The original core of the book, the first-person memoir, may have been combined with the core of the Book of Ezra around 400 BC.

( Haggai 1: 14-15 ) and the Book of Ezra indicates that it was finished on February 25 516 BCE " The Temple was completed on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

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

The canonical Book of Ezra and Book of Nehemiah are the oldest sources for the activity of Ezra, whereas many of the other books ascribed to Ezra ( First Esdras, 3-6 Ezra ) are later literary works dependent on the canonical books of Ezra and Nehemiah.

His next major work, completed in 1892, was a long fantastic epic in prose, entitled Hans Alienus, which Professor Book describes as a monument on the grave of his carefree and indolent youth.

The Book of Enoch describes Sheol as divided into four compartments for four types of the dead: the faithful saints who await resurrection in Paradise, the merely virtuous who await their reward, the wicked who await punishment, and the wicked who have already been punished and will not be resurrected on Judgment Day.

The Book of Ezekiel describes itself as the words of the Ezekiel ben-Buzi, a priest living in exile in the city of Babylon between 593 and 571.

The self-described purpose of Christianity is to provide people with what it holds to be the only valid path to salvation as announced by the apostles of what the Book of Acts describes as, The Way.

The Book of Exodus famously describes the Promised Land as a " land flowing with milk and honey " ( 33: 3 ).

The Testimonium Flavianum ( meaning the testimony of Flavius < nowiki ></ nowiki >) is the name given to the passage found in Book 18, Chapter 3, 3 of the Antiquities in which Josephus describes the condemnation and crucifixion of Jesus at the hands of the Roman authorities.

In Book II, Chapter 23. 20 of his Church History, Eusebius describes the death of James according to Josephus.

Herodotus, in Book II of his Histories, describes as a " labyrinth " a building complex in Egypt, " near the place called the City of Crocodiles ," that he considered to surpass the pyramids in its astonishing ambition:

The Book of Deuteronomy ( and ) describes how Moses writes " torah " ( instruction ) on a scroll and lays it beside the Ark of the Covenant.

" Crowley describes this process in his Magick, Book 4:

Crowley describes banishing in his Magick, Book 4 ( ch. 13 ):

At this point, the term Dissenter came to include " Puritan ", but more accurately describes those ( clergy or lay ) who " dissented " from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer.

David Brady describes a " lull before the storm " in which, in the early 17th century, " reasonably restrained and systematic " Protestant exegesis of the Book of Revelation was seen with Brightman, Mede and Hugh Broughton ; after which " apocalyptic literature became too easily debased " as it became more populist, less scholarly.

In Book VI, Polybius describes the way of the Romans ; he discusses the powers of the different parts of the republic, as well as the rights of the plebeian.

Most influential was Book 6, which describes the military and political organization of Rome ; it presented Rome as a state in which monarchical, aristocratic, and popular elements were in a stable equilibrium.

The Book of Revelation describes how Satan will be cast out of Heaven, down to the earth, having " great anger " and waging war against " those who obey God's commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus ".

* The " Superpowers Book " ( 40 pages ) describes the Powers available to the characters, Advantages and Disadvantages that can be applied to them, and Disabilities that can affect the character.

Biographer Lawrence Sutin quotes private diaries that fit this story, and writes that " if ever Crowley uttered the truth of his relation to the Book ," his public account accurately describes what he remembered on this point.

Peter Burke describes sprezzatura in The Book of the Courtier as “ nonchalance ”, “ careful negligence ”, and “ effortless and ease .” The ideal courtier is someone who “ conceals art, and presents what is done and said as if it was done without effort and virtually without thought .” ( 31 ).

The Guinness Book of Records describes the UDHR as the " Most Translated Document " in the world.

The Book of Discipline is the guidebook for local churches and pastors and describes in considerable detail the organizational structure of local United Methodist Churches.

Book 4 concludes with a long mythological narrative, in the form of an epyllion which describes vividly the discovery of beekeeping by Aristaeus and the story of Orpheus ' journey to the underworld.

The book describes the period of time immediately following the visit of Jesus Christ to the Book of Mormon peoples, in which time the Nephites and the Lamanites are all converted to the Church of Christ.

* The Arab engineer al-Jazari describes many mechanical inventions in his book ( title translated to English ) The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices.

The Book of Exodus gives detailed instructions on how the Ark is to be constructed.

The first Book of Samuel begins with a description of the prophet Samuel's birth and of how God called to him as a boy.

Another example of text from the last chapter or epilogue of Job can be found in the book The Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Translation, showing examples of how fragments of The Book of Job found among the scrolls differ from the text as now known.

In 1027, the Persian Avicenna explained how the stoniness of fossils was caused in The Book of Healing.

Indeed, amongst many ancient writers, Moses himself was seen as an Egyptian rather than a Jew, and two manuscripts likely dating to the 4th century, both of which purport to be the legendary eighth Book of Moses ( the first five being the initial books in the Biblical Old Testament ), present him as a polytheist who explained how to conjure gods and subdue demons.

In his Church History ( Book I, Chapter XI ) Eusebius discusses the Josephus reference to how Herod Antipas killed John the Baptist, and mentions the marriage to Herodias in items 1 to 6.

The Book of Kings relates how a " law of Moses " was discovered in the Temple during the reign of King Josiah ( r. 641 – 609 BC ).

* The Vercelli Book, a mix of poetry and prose ; it is not known how it came to be in Vercelli.

The book immediately following Omni, the Words of Mormon, is an editorial insertion that explains how the first first person narrative came to be inserted into the Book of Mormon and how subsequent narrative will differ, being mostly third person narration by Mormon that summarizes more lengthy accounts taken from the Large Plates of Nephi.

A quagga appears in a sequence in the Soviet Union's animated film The Cat Who Walked by Herself, in which a dog tracks the hoofprints of one, and a cat tells a boy of the Red Book of endangered species, and how Quagga had " her track severed " ( that is, made extinct ) due to Man's selfish actions.

In addition to the historical events outlined above, the Book of Ether contains several interpolations by Moroni, regarding points of doctrine or lessons illuminated by the actions of the Jaredites, such as how faith works and the importance of following Jesus Christ to be blessed as a nation.

" By this definition, civil disobedience could be traced back to the Book of Exodus, where Shiphrah and Puah refused a direct order of Pharaoh but misrepresented how they did it.

It should be pointed out that as a consequence of the above Orange Book definition, the boundaries of the TCB depend closely upon the specifics of how the security policy is fleshed out.

Herodotus in Book 1, Chapter 68, describes how the Spartans uncovered in Tegea the body of Orestes which was seven cubits long — around 10 feet.

When Comic Book Guy sees the Poochie episode, he immediately goes on the Internet and writes, “ Worst episode ever ” on a message board ; a commentary on how the active audience nit-picks the episode.

Destiny lost the Book of Destiny in the opening storyline of the new Brave and the Bold series, and when Lobo and Supergirl arrive in his garden he speaks about how it was intended to reach the four men who existed outside its pages, in the process waylaid by the Luck Lords in a bid to reshape reality.

Later in Book XI, when Odysseus is making a sacrifice to meet the shade of Tiresias, he is surprised and upset to see Elpenor's shade, so he calls out to him and asks him how he came to be there.

Book confides his suspicions to his superior officer, Chief Paul Schaeffer ( Josef Sommer ), who advises Book to keep the case secret so they can work out how to move forward with it.

The concept of the Book of Shadows was then adopted by other Wiccan traditions, such as Alexandrianism and Mohsianism, and with the rise of books teaching people how to begin following Wicca in the 1970s onward, the idea of the Book of Shadows was then further propagated amongst solitary practitioners unconnected to earlier traditions.