Ezra and Nehemiah: An Introduction and Commentary (Volume 12) (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries) - Softcover

Lorein, Geert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1514005409 ISBN 13: 9781514005408

Publisher: IVP Academic, 2024

Synopsis

The checkered story of the kings, lasting nearly five centuries, ended disastrously in 587 BC with the sack of Jerusalem, the fall of the monarchy, and the removal to Babylonia of all that made Judah politically viable. It was a death to make way for a rebirth. The closely related books of Ezra and Nehemiah chart the Jews' return from exile to Jerusalem and the beginnings of that rebirth. As the drama unfolds, Geert Lorein explains, we see the good hand of God at work through it all.

Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries are designed to help the reader of the Bible understand what the text says and what it means. The Introduction to each book gives a concise but thorough treatment of its authorship, date, original setting, and purpose. Following a structural Analysis, the Commentary takes the book section by section, drawing out its main themes, and also comments on individual verses and problems of interpretation. Additional Notes provide fuller discussion of particular difficulties. In the new Old Testament volumes, the commentary on each section of the text is structured under three headings: Context, Comment, and Meaning. The goal is to explain the true meaning of the Bible and make its message plain.

About this title

About the Authors

Geert W. Lorein is professor of Old Testament studies at Evangelische Theologische Faculteit, Leuven, Belgium. He is the author of The Antichrist Theme in the Intertestamental Period and a contributor to Presence, Power and Promise.

Tremper Longman III (PhD, Yale University) is Distinguished Scholar and Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. He is the author or coauthor of over thirty books, including How to Read the Psalms, How to Read Proverbs, Literary Approaches to Biblical Interpretation, and Old Testament Essentials.

David G. Firth is tutor in Old Testament at Trinity College, Bristol. He is the author of 1 and 2 Samuel (Apollos Old Testament Commentary), The Message of Joshua, and Including the Stranger, and the coeditor of Interpreting the Psalms, Interpreting Isaiah, Words and the Word, and Presence, Power and Promise.

Edition details

• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1514005409
• ISBN 13: 9781514005408
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304