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Israel alive again : a commentary on the books of Ezra and Nehemiah

Print Book, English, 1987
W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. ; Handsel Press, Grand Rapids, Edinburgh, 1987
Kommentar
xvii, 162 pages ; 21 cm.
9780802802590, 9780905312675, 0802802591, 0905312678
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I. The Book of Ezra
Israel alive again (1:1-11)
The exiles return to the land (2:1-70)
Beginning again (3:1-13)
Effective opposition (4:1-24)
The rebuilding of the temple (5:1-17)
The temple built: Divine-human partnership (6:1-22)
Ezra arrives with Torah (7:1-28)
A new exodus (8:1-36)
Intermarriage (9:1-15)
Prayer, firm action, and repentance (10:1-44). II. The Book of Nehemiah
Jerusalem in ruins (1:1-11)
From palace life to Jerusalem's ruins (2:1-20)
Working together to rebuild the wall (3:1-32)
With hard work, weapons, and the help of God (4:1-23)
Internal problems (5:1-19)
Success in sight but still opposition (6:1-19)
These are the pioneers (7:1-73a)
Ezra reads the Torah (7:73b-8:18)
Repentance and confession (9:1-37)
A firm covenant (9:38-10:39)
The people of Jerusalem and Judah (11:1-36)
Priests and Levites and the dedication of the wall (12:1-47)
Either
or (13:1-31)