It was found that Ezra claimed that the Torah was burned during the destruction of Jerusalem, c., 597 BC, and he saw the need to rewrite their foundation documents to show what God purportedly did from the beginning (2 Esdras 14:19-22). At this time, the Israelites were in captivity in Babylon with the threat of losing their national identity and decided to rewrite their foundation documents with a survivalist agenda to ensure their posterity. Evidence...