Based on the New International Version (New International Biblical Commentary)
Edición de la obra Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther
| Autor | Leslie C. Allen, Timothy S. Laniak |
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| Editorial | Hendrickson Publishers |
| Fecha de publicación | July 2003 |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 290 |
| Formato | Paperback |
| ISBN-13 | 9781565632189 |
| ISBN-10 | 1565632184 |
| OCLC | 52271385 |
| LCCN | 2003010842 |
| Número de Cutter | A427e |
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"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."--Publisher's description.