Ezra-Nehemiah

Table Of Contents
General Preface

Author’s Preface

A Selection Of Dates

Chief Abbreviations

Introduction
I. Ezra And Nehemiah In The Setting Of Their Times
II. The Religious Policy Of The Persian Kings
III. Some Leading Themes Of Ezra-Nehemiah

Commentary On Ezra

Commentary On Nehemiah

Appendices
I. The Designation, Sources, Languages And Authorship Of Ezra-Nehemiah
II. The Identity Of Sheshbazzar
III. The Elephantine Papyri And Some Statements Of Josephus
IV. A Question Of Chronology: Ezra-Nehemiah Or Nehemiah-Ezra?
V. Ezra’s Book Of The Law
VI. Ezra-Nehemiah As History

Additional Info
Ezra and Nehemiah chart the Jews’ return to Jerusalem from exile and the beginnings of a rebirth. Derek Kidner clearly and succinctly deals with the complex literary and historical problems surrounding these two books and their chief characters.