TY - BOOK AU - Kidner,Derek TI - Ezra and Nehemiah: an introduction and commentary T2 - Tyndale Old Testament commentaries SN - 9780830842124 AV - BS1355.53 .K53 2009 U1 - 222/.707 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Nottingham, England, Downers Grove, Ill. PB - Inter-Varsity Press, IVP Academic KW - Bible KW - Ezra KW - Commentaries KW - Nehemiah KW - lcgft N1 - Originally published: Downers Grove, Ill. : Inter-Varsity Press, c1979; Includes bibliographical references; Introduction -- Ezra and Nehemiah in the setting of their times -- The religious policy of the Persian kings -- Some leading themes of Ezra-Nehemiah -- Commentary on Ezra -- Additional note on the list of vessels, 1:9-11 -- Commentary on Nehemiah -- Appendices -- The designation, sources, languages and authorship of Ezra-Nehemiah -- The identity of Sheshbazzar -- The Elephantine papyri and some statements of Josephus -- A question of chronology : Ezra-Nehemiah or Nehemiah-Ezra? -- Ezra's book of the law -- Ezra-Nehemiah as history ER -