Ezra - Nehemiah

This commentary has grown out of the author's long-standing interest in the religious history of the Second Temple period. It followsthe usual pattern of the series with introduction, text, critical notes and commentary; he translation of the biblical text is the author's own. Its approach is shaped by the comments of an important writer on Ezra from almost sixty years ago: 'The historical perspective which sees Judaism as fulfilling its mission and then making way for the gospel and the chu…