Big Ideas · 13 · Ezra

No one studied books for 800 years

Across the Bible's long story from Moses to Ezra, almost no one learns from books or asks a scribe to read the Torah.

The Ezra scene is a conspicuous first.

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The people hardly seem aware the Torah exists until this moment.

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 206–207

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