Who Was Ezra's Mother? What Ezra 7:1–5 Says
Ezra 7:1–5 answers the question of Ezra's identity through his father's line, not his mother's. Scripture gives no name for Ezra's mother here or anywhere else, and the silence is part of the text's point.
Second Temple Judaism from exile to Jesus: A Biblical Guide
Second Temple Judaism was the life and worship of Israel between the return from exile and the temple's destruction in AD 70. John 10:22–30 shows Jesus standing inside that world, keeping the Feast of Dedication in the temple courts and answering a question about his identity.