TY  - BOOK
AU  - Myers,Jacob M.
AU  - 
TI  - I and II Esdras.
T2  - The Anchor Bible
SN  - 9780385004268
PY  - 1974///
CY  - Garden City, New York
PB  - Doubleday
KW  - Bible
KW  - Apocrypha
KW  - Esdras
KW  - English. Myers
KW  - 1974
KW  - Bible-o.t.nci
N1  - 1 (pages 20-22); I Esdras --; Introduction --; Name, contents, and relationship to sources --; Text, versions, language --; Purpose and date --; Textual and historical significance --; Theological and practical interests --; Bibliography I --; Translation, notes, and comments --; The period of Josiah (1:1-31) --; The last kings of Judah (1:32-55) --; The decree of Cyrus and the response thereto (2:1-14) --; Correspondence between the Samarian officials and the Persian court (2:15-25) --; The story of bodyguards (3:1--4:63) --; Preparations for and return from captivity (5:1-70) --; Events associated with the reconstruction of the temple (6:1--7:15) --; The Ezra story (8:1--9:55) --; II Esdras --; Introduction --; The name of the book --; Outline and content --; Manuscripts and versions --; Original language --; The unity of the book --; The theology of II Esdras (chs. 3-14) --; Messianic implications --; Date and purpose --; Literary relationships --; Bibliography II --; Translation, notes, and comments --; Ezra's divine commission (1--2) --; The Ezra apocalypse (3--14) --; The first vision (3:1--5:19) --; The second vision (5:20--6:34) --; The third vision (6:35--9:25) --; The fourth vision (9:26--10:59) --; The fifth (Eagle) vision (10:60--12:51) --; The sixth vision (The man from the sea) (13:1-58) --; The seventh vision (The legend of Ezra) (14:1-51) --; Sixth Ezra (15--16); 2
ER  -