Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Native Israelites of mixed descent, known as Samaritans, offer to help the exiles rebuild the Temple.
2. For Ezra, intermarriage between Jewish men and foreign women is an example of apostasy that must be eradicated
3. Grieving over Jerusalem's misery, Nehemiah persuades his master, King Darius, to allow him to return to Judah.
4. By the time that Ezra and Nehemiah returned to Jerusalem, most of its inhabitants no longer spoke or understood Hebrew.
5. For the author of Ezra-Nehemiah, Ezra, who bears the literal artifacts of Israel's covenant (the Mosaic torah), forms an indispensable link between the pre- and post-exilic scribal community.
1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE
4. TRUE
5. TRUE
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