Is JUDAISM the Law of Moses? - Part 5 - Ernest L Martin - April 1961

Ernest L Martin

When was the Old Testament completed? Who authorized the building of synagogues in Judea? In this fifth installment you will learn how the Jews continued under the Government of God to the time of Alexander the Great. THE canonization of the Old Testament by the members of the Great Assembly was the real stabilizing factor in the religious life of the Jews. Ezra and Nehemiah bound upon the people the Law of Moses as the constitutional law of the land. And the Great Assembly, after the deaths of Ezra and Nehemiah, enforced this same law in every respect. Life Under the Persians. Even though Judea was properly a province of the Persian Empire, the Jews maintained a semi-independent community. Since the days of Ezra, the Persians had shown extraordinary consideration to the Jews. "God... hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia" (Ezra 9:9). - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library