TY - BOOK AU - Kidner,Derek TI - Ezra and Nehemiah: an introduction and commentary T2 - Tyndale Old Testament commentaries SN - 9780830842124 AV - BS1355 PY - 2009/// CY - Nottingham, England PB - Inter-Varsity Press N1 - Originally published: Downers Grove, Illinois : Inter-Varsity Press, c1979; 1; 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; 2 N2 - Introduction and commentary to the books of Ezra and Nehemiah which chart the Jews' return from exile to Jerusalem and the beginnings of rebirth. --from publisher description ER -