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The priest-scholar who brought Israel back to the Scriptures after exile
open_in_newA priest and scribe who led a wave of Jewish exiles back from Babylon with royal backing. He was 'devoted to the study and practice of the Law of the LORD, and to teaching its decrees and laws in Israel.' When he discovered widespread intermarriage with foreign peoples, he tore his robes and wept. His public reading of the Law in Nehemiah 8 sparked a national revival.