Tamara Cohn Eskenazi argues that the final composition of Ezra took place during the late Persian period (c. 370-350 BCE), with some small additions from the Hellenistic period. She states that the language and ideology of the book seem to best fit within a Persian-period context.
Tamara Cohn Eskenazi argues that the final composition of Ezra took place during the late Persian period. (c 370-350 BCE), with some small additi.ons from the Hellenistic period She states that the language and ideology of the b.ook seem to best fit within a Persian-period context