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Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther / Leslie C. Allen, Timothy S. Laniak.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Understanding the Bible commentary seriesPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, 2012.Description: xi, 290 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780801045462
  • 0801045460
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS1151.3 .U64 2012 BS1355.53
Summary: 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.
Item type: Reference Book
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Judith Thomas Library Reference Books Reference Shelves BS 1151.3 .U64 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA015679 v.9 Not for loan AUA015679

Originally published: Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers ; Carlisle, Cumbria : Paternoster Press, c2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.