: Thomas M. Bolin
: Ezra, Nehemiah Volume 11
: Liturgical Press
: 9780814647813
: 1
: CHF 12.30
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: Christentum
: English
: 78
: DRM
: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
: ePUB
The books of Ezra and Nehemiah relate the return of the Jewish exiles from Babylon during the rule of the early Persian kings. For a long time, interpretations of these two books by Christian exegetes characterized the Judaism of the post-exilic age as narrow and nationalistic. This interpretation led to a separation of post-exilic Judaism from its pre-exilic Israelite roots that allowed for a supersessionist reading of the Old Testament based on perceived deficiencies in the religious views of the post-exilic era.Informed by recent advances in our knowledge of the Persian Empire, this commentary, demonstrates that Ezra and Nehemiah offer a compelling story of a peoples attempt to reassemble the fragments of their heritage as they face the future in a greatly changed world.