Ezra-Nehemiah (Old Testament Library | OTL)

by Joseph Blenkinsopp

Publisher:

Westminster

, 1988

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.

Contents

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)

Product Details

• Title: Ezra-Nehemiah: A Commentary
• Author: Joseph Blenkinsopp
• Edition: First edition
• Series: The Old Testament Library
• Publisher: Westminster
• Print Publication Date: 1988
• Logos Release Date: 2017
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible. O.T. Ezra › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. Nehemiah › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 0664221866, 9780664221867
• Resource ID: LLS:OTL15EZR
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:33:19Z

About Joseph Blenkinsopp

Joseph Blenkinsopp is John A. O’Brien Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. He is also the author of Opening the Sealed Book: Interpretations of the Book of Isaiah in Late Antiquity, Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching Ezekiel, and Treasures Old and New: Essays in the Theology of the Pentateuch.