Ezra and Nehemiah: An Introduction and Commentary

by Derek Kidner

Overview

"The chequered story of the Kings, a matter of nearly five centuries, had ended disastrously in 587 B.C. with the sack of Jerusalem, the fall of the monarchy and the removal to Babylonia of all that made Judah politically viable. It was a death to make way for a rebirth." So begins Derek Kidner in this introduction and commentary to the books of Ezra and Nehemiah which chart the Jews' return from exile to Jerusalem and the beginnings of that rebirth. As the drama unfolds, we see how international politics, nationalist pride, wise leadership, political intrigue and opportunism, internal dissension and compromise all shape events. But above all and through all we see the good hand of God at work. The original, unrevised text of this volume has been completely retypeset and printed in a larger, more attractive format with the new cover design for the series.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780830894734
Publisher:	IVP Academic
Publication date:	03/02/2016
Series:	Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries , #12
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

The works of Derek Kidner (MA, Christ's College, Cambridge) are full of the marks of both professor and pastor with his even­handed scholarship as well as his devotional insight. These qualities have made his commentaries in the Tyndale Old Testament Commentary series and The Bible Speaks Today series some of the most beloved and popular of recent decades. Kidner had a long career in both the church and the academy in England. He studied at Cambridge University and then served in the ministry for several years before becoming a senior tutor at Oak Hill Theological College. Kidner began his writing career while serving as warden of Tyndale House in Cambridge from 1964 to 1978, publishing his ninth and final book, The Message of Jeremiah, in 1987.

Derek Kidner (1913–2008) was warden of Tyndale House, Cambridge. He wrote several volumes in the Tyndale Old Testament Commentary series and the Bible Speaks Today series.

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

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"Tyndale commentaries are always useful, not least because they focus so clearly on the text of Scripture, and do not fall into the trap of paying too much attention to other commentaries and not enough to the scriptural text they are intended to expound and explain. So they retain their usefulness for preachers, Bible study leaders and for all readers of the Bible."

Peter Adam

"The Tyndale volumes have long been the premier shorter-length commentary series on both Testaments throughout the English-speaking world."

Craig Blomberg

"Within its constraints, this series includes some outstanding volumes."

"Within its constraints, this series includes some outstanding volumes."

D. A. Carson

"There simply is no series of medium-length commentaries that approaches the excellence of the Tyndale commentaries."

Donald A. Hagner