Ezra & Nehemiah

by Levering, Matthew

• ISBN13: 9781587431616
• ISBN10: 1587431610
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-10-01
• Publisher: Baker Pub Group

Summary

This volume, like each in the Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible, is designed to serve the church???through aid in preaching, teaching, study groups, and so forth???and demonstrate the continuing intellectual and practical viability of theological interpretation of the Bible.

Author Biography

Matthew Levering (PhD, Boston College) is associate professor of theology at Ave Maria University in Naples, Florida. He is coauthor of Holy People, Holy Land and Knowing the Love of Christ.

Table of Contents

Series Preface	p. 9
Preface	p. 15
Abbreviations	p. 17
Introduction	p. 19
The Book of Ezra
Introduction to the Hook of Ezra	p. 31
The Restoration of the Holy Land, United by the Temple
Return to the Land	p. 39
Return of the Holy People to the Land	p. 47
Laying the Foundations of the Temple: Joy and Weeping	p. 51
Obstacles to Rebuilding the Temple	p. 59
The Prophets of God and the Completion of the Temple	p. 69
The Temple and the Passover	p. 75
The Holy People, United by the Torah
The Mission of Ezra the Scribe	p. 83
The Holy People	p. 89
The Purification of the People	p. 97
The Purification of the People Completed	p. 105
Conclusion to the Book of Ezra	p. 113
The Book of Nehemiah
Introduction to the Book of Nehemiah	p. 117
The Holy Land
Concerning Jerusalem	p. 127
Rebuilding-First Steps	p. 131
Rebuilding Continued	p. 157
Opposition	p. 141
The Fruits of the Land	p. 155
Triumph and Danger	p. 161
The Holy People
Consolidating the Holy People	p. 171
The Torah, Pattern of Holiness	p. 175
Holiness and Repentance	p. 183
Renewal of the Covenant	p. 191
Repopulating Jerusalem	p. 195
The Holy People	p. 197
Final Efforts at the Renewal of the Holy People	p. 201
Conclusion to the Book of Nehemiah	p. 211
Bibliography	p. 215
Subject Index	p. 217
Scripture Index	p. 225
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