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Part 2 (of four) follows the ancient Jews from the end of the Babylonian captivity in the sixth century BC to the Maccabees’ battles with the Greeks in the second. Among the key figures: Ezra, the scribe and priest sent to Jerusalem by the Persian king in the fifth century BC to rebuild the temple. “He came with the book,” says David. “He said to the people: ‘This is what we’re about and here’s how we must live’.” Voices include Derek Jacobi, Jeremy Irons, F. Murray Abraham and Rene Auberjonois., Part 2 (of four) follows the ancient Jews from the end of the Babylonian captivity in the sixth century BC to the Maccabees’ battles with the Greeks in the second.
