Ezra-Nehemiah (Old Testament Library | OTL)
Overview
This volume, a part of the Old Testament Library series, explores the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. This commentary presents interpreters with the exegetical issues in the text from a scholarly, critical standpoint.
Top Highlights
“story which began with the ‘stirring up’ of the spirit of Cyrus by YHVH ends with the ‘turning of the heart’” (Page 133)
“This alternation of first and third person is therefore a prominent feature of the book as a whole” (Page 46)
“indications that the two works share the same religious interests and ideology are numerous.” (Page 53)
“more directly to the point, the exilic Isaiah speaks in the same terms of Cyrus himself” (Page 74)
“the story of David is redesigned to depict him as the founder of the national cult” (Page 37)