Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther
Subtitle: Based on the New International Version (New International Biblical Commentary)
Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers
Published: July 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9781565632189
Subjects: Biblical studies, criticism & exegesis; O.T.; Commentaries; Bible - Stories - Old Testament; Religion - Commentaries / Reference; O.T; Religion; Nehemiah; Ether; Biblical Commentary - Old Testament; Biblical Studies - Old Testament; Bible - Commentaries - Old Testament; Bible; Bible.; Ezra
Description: "Ezra-Nehemiah is the Old Testament equivalent of the Acts of the Apostles--it is a book of new beginnings. Just as Acts narrates the early history of the church through the work of the apostles, Ezra-Nehemiah narrates the re-establishment of the people of God after the exile through the work of Sheshbazzar, Zerubbabel, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Allen explores Ezra-Nehemiah as a single literary text made up of three parts telling the story of three missions and the opposition they meet with. Esther is a story about a young girl who becomes queen. Laniak's commentary examines this narrative as a story with many levels of meaning. Esther is about the minority Jewish community in the dependent state of Diaspora, navigating a precarious existence in two worlds, and it is about the triumph of right over wrong, of God's people over their enemies."--Publisher's description.