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[[File:Ezra Reads the Law to the People.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|Ezra Reads the Law to the People by Gustave Doré, 1866]]
'''Ezra''' was a priest and scribe (Ezra 7:11, Nehemiah 8:1-2) at the time of Artaxerxes I (about 458 B.C.) according to most biblical scholars. Others propose a later date, during the reign of Artaxerxes II (about 398 B.C.).<ref>''New American Bible'' (1970) ''footnote'' Ezra 7:1-8. See [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/ezra/7-6.htm multiple commentaries on Ezra 7:6]</ref>
'''Ezra''' was a priest and scribe (Ezra 7:11, Nehemiah 8:1-2) at the time of Artaxerxes I (about 458 B.C.) according to most biblical scholars. Others propose a later date, during the reign of Artaxerxes II (about 398 B.C.).<ref>''New American Bible'' (1970) ''footnote'' Ezra 7:1-8. See [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/ezra/7-6.htm multiple commentaries on Ezra 7:6]</ref>