Ezra

Ezra returns to Jerusalem - brings 1,500 exiles, commissioned by Artaxerxes to teach Law

Ezra's marriage reform - discovers widespread intermarriage, public confession and covenant to separate from foreign wives

Hebrew Bible reaches near-final form - Ezra the Scribe traditionally credited with compiling and editing texts

Great Assembly - Ezra reads Law to people from dawn to noon, covenant renewed, Feast of Tabernacles celebrated