Ezra-Nehemiah (Evangelical Press Study Commentary | EPSC)

by Gregory Goswell

Publisher:

Evangelical Press

, 2013

Overview

Biblical scholar Gregory Goswell examines Ezra and Nehemiah, offering a commentary that is relevant to today’s Christians.

Contents

Top Highlights

“At 6:15 the wall was up, but it surrounded an empty and depopulated city. Now, after chapters 7–11, we have a holy city filled with holy people, and the ceremony dedicating the wall has meaning.” (Page 387)

“There is nothing to refute the supposition that both Ezra and Nehemiah had a hand in the writing of the book, though the narrator is never explicitly identified with either man.” (Page 26)

“the Jews were at fault for allowing the foreign opposition to delay the project indefinitely.” (Page 127)

“There is a notable lack of messianism in Ezra-Nehemiah” (Page 75)

“Like Ezra, he is a man of prayer (e.g. 4:4–5 [Heb. 3:36–37]; 5:19), so that his activism is not to be viewed as reliance on his own efforts.” (Page 38)

Product Details

• Title: A Study Commentary on Ezra-Nehemiah
• Author: Gregory Goswell
• Series: EP Study Commentary
• Publisher: Evangelical Press
• Print Publication Date: 2013
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible. O.T. Ezra › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. Nehemiah › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 9780852349861, 0852349866
• Resource ID: LLS:EVPRESS15EZR
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T23:45:49Z

About Gregory Goswell

Gregory Goswell (PhD, Syracuse) is professor of philosophy at Talbot School of Theology at Biola University. He is the author of several books, including A Reasonable God: Engaging the New Face of Atheism and Thinking About God, and he is the editor of God and Time.