TY  - BOOK
AU  - Allen,Leslie C.
AU  - Laniak,Timothy S.
TI  - Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther
T2  - Understanding the Bible commentary series
SN  - 9780801045462
AV  - BS1151.3BS1355.53 .U64 2012
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Grand Rapids, Mich.
PB  - Baker Academic
KW  - Bible
KW  - Ezra
KW  - Commentaries
KW  - Nehemiah
KW  - Esther
N1  - Originally published: Peabody, Mass. :  Hendrickson Publishers ; Carlisle, Cumbria :  Paternoster Press,  c2003; Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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. --From publisher's description
ER  -