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their very existence as a people who shared a special relationship, that is, a covenant, with God. This was during the time when the Israelites were held captive in Babylon
and their sin was that they were assimilating into Persian culture through intermarriage. As we live in an age where diversity and ethnic tolerance are prized, this may initially may
not seem like a serious offence to the modern mindset: however, examination of the passage and the historical, textual and theological meaning indicates that Ezra was correct and his message
also contains relevancy to Christians today. Authorship: There is ongoing scholarly debate about how to date the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, which are typically grouped together by scholarship
as, collectively, these two books of the Old Testament relate over two hundred years of Jewish history that covers the span from 538 BCE to 68 BCE, which is when
the Hebrews returned from their long Exile from Palestine (Davies, et al ix). There is consensus that Ezra and Nehemiah were two of the most significant Hebrew leaders, it is
difficult to discern precisely which passages should be associated with Ezra and which belong to Nehemiah and this continues to be debated. Other questions of scholarship include when they were
written, i.e., which one came first (Davies, et al x). This aspect of scholarship is complicated by the fact that both books were not written down, drawing on the oral
traditions, until much later, that is, around the time that the Romans destroyed the Second Temple in 70 AD (Breneman 101). Historical background: Nevertheless, despite these debates, biblical scholarship
does place Ezra 9:10-14 within the context of its historical background, which describes the Hebrew people in exile as constituting a "tiny island" of faith that existed within a "sea"
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