02276cam a2200349Ia 4500 793844422 AUA.1 20140707180442.0 120517s2012 miu b 001 0 eng 9780801045462 0801045460 (OCoLC)793844422 XBE XBE XBE BDX EXN EXNs BS1151.3 .U64 2012 BS1355.53 222.07 Allen, Leslie C. 45291 Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther / Leslie C. Allen, Timothy S. Laniak. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, 2012. xi, 290 p. ; 22 cm. Understanding the Bible commentary series. v.9 Originally published: Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers ; Carlisle, Cumbria : Paternoster Press, c2003. Includes bibliographical references and index. Ezra-Nehemiah is the Old Testament equivalent of the Acts of the Apostles--it is a book of new beginnings. Just as Acts narrates the early history of the church through the work of the apostles, Ezra-Nehemiah narrates the re-establishment of the people of God after the exile through the work of Sheshbazzar, Zerubbabel, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Allen explores Ezra-Nehemiah as a single literary text made up of three parts telling the story of three missions and the opposition they meet with. Esther is a story about a young girl who becomes queen. Laniak's commentary examines this narrative as a story with many levels of meaning. Esther is about the minority Jewish community in the dependent state of Diaspora, navigating a precarious existence in two worlds, and it is about the triumph of right over wrong, of God's people over their enemies. --From publisher's description. Bible. Ezra Commentaries. 45292 Bible. Nehemiah Commentaries. 45293 Bible. Esther Commentaries. 45294 Laniak, Timothy S. 45295 Understanding the Bible commentary series. 45296 lcc REF BS 1151.3 .U64 2012 12791 12791 0 0 lcc 0 0 REF AUA.1 AUA.1 REF 2014-07-07 Donation, Theological Book Network 10.00 AUA015679 3 1 BS 1151.3 .U64 2012 AUA015679 2023-05-17 00:00:00 2023-05-16 v.9 10.00 2014-07-07 REF