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Kitt Peak Solar Observatory
1962 · gelatin silver print
Image: 34.7 x 27.7 cm (13 11/16 x 10 7/8 in.); Paper: 35.2 x 27.7 cm (13 7/8 x 10 7/8 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)
Cleveland Museum of Art

Ezra is the main character of the Book of Ezra. According to the Hebrew Bible, he was an important Jewish scribe (sofer) and priest (kohen) in the early Second Temple period. In the Greek Septuagint, the name is rendered as Ésdrās, from which the Latin name Esdras comes. His name is probably a shortened Aramaic translation of the Hebrew name עזריהו, meaning "Yah helps".
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