Ezra & Nehemiah /
Levering, Matthew,
Ezra & Nehemiah / Ezra and Nehemiah Matthew Levering. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Brazos Press, c2007. - 236 p. ; 24 cm. - Brazos theological commentary on the Bible .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-216) and indexes.
Introduction to the book of Ezra -- The restoration of the Holy Land, united by the temple -- Ezra 1: return to the land -- Ezra 2: return of the holy people to the land -- Ezra 3: laying the foundations of the temple : joy and weeping -- Ezra 4: obstacles to rebuilding the temple -- Ezra 5: the prophets of God and the completion of the temple -- Ezra 6: the temple and the Passover -- The holy people, united by the Torah -- Ezra 7: the mission of Ezra, the scribe -- Ezra 8: the holy people -- Ezra 9: the purification of the people -- Ezra 10: the purification of the people completed -- Conclusion to the book of Ezra -- The book of Nehemiah -- Introduction to the book of Nehemiah -- The Holy Land -- Nehemiah 1: concerning Jerusalem -- Nehemiah 2: rebuilding-first steps -- Nehemiah 3: rebuilding continued -- Nehemiah 4: opposition -- Nehemiah 5: the fruits of the land -- Nehemiah 6: triumph and danger -- The holy people -- Nehemiah 7: consolidating the holy people -- Nehemiah 8: the Torah, pattern of holiness -- Nehemiah 9: holiness and repentance -- Nehemiah 10: renewal of the covenant -- Nehemiah 11: repopulating Jerusalem -- Nehemiah 12: the holy people -- Nehemiah 13: final efforts at the renewal of the holy people -- Conclusion to the book of Nehemiah.
Pastors and leaders of the classical church—such as Augustine, Calvin, Luther, and Wesley—interpreted the Bible theologically, believing Scripture as a whole witnessed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Modern interpreters of the Bible questioned this premise. But in recent decades, a critical mass of theologians and biblical scholars has begun to reassert the priority of a theological reading of Scripture. The Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible enlists leading theologians to read and interpret Scripture for the twenty-first century, just as the church fathers, the Reformers, and other Orthodox Christians did for their times and places.
The commentaries are 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.
9781587431616 (cloth) 1587431610 (cloth)
2007028245
Bible.--Ezra--Commentaries.
Bible.--Nehemiah--Commentaries.
BS1355.53 / .L48 2007
222/.707
Ezra & Nehemiah / Ezra and Nehemiah Matthew Levering. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Brazos Press, c2007. - 236 p. ; 24 cm. - Brazos theological commentary on the Bible .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-216) and indexes.
Introduction to the book of Ezra -- The restoration of the Holy Land, united by the temple -- Ezra 1: return to the land -- Ezra 2: return of the holy people to the land -- Ezra 3: laying the foundations of the temple : joy and weeping -- Ezra 4: obstacles to rebuilding the temple -- Ezra 5: the prophets of God and the completion of the temple -- Ezra 6: the temple and the Passover -- The holy people, united by the Torah -- Ezra 7: the mission of Ezra, the scribe -- Ezra 8: the holy people -- Ezra 9: the purification of the people -- Ezra 10: the purification of the people completed -- Conclusion to the book of Ezra -- The book of Nehemiah -- Introduction to the book of Nehemiah -- The Holy Land -- Nehemiah 1: concerning Jerusalem -- Nehemiah 2: rebuilding-first steps -- Nehemiah 3: rebuilding continued -- Nehemiah 4: opposition -- Nehemiah 5: the fruits of the land -- Nehemiah 6: triumph and danger -- The holy people -- Nehemiah 7: consolidating the holy people -- Nehemiah 8: the Torah, pattern of holiness -- Nehemiah 9: holiness and repentance -- Nehemiah 10: renewal of the covenant -- Nehemiah 11: repopulating Jerusalem -- Nehemiah 12: the holy people -- Nehemiah 13: final efforts at the renewal of the holy people -- Conclusion to the book of Nehemiah.
Pastors and leaders of the classical church—such as Augustine, Calvin, Luther, and Wesley—interpreted the Bible theologically, believing Scripture as a whole witnessed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Modern interpreters of the Bible questioned this premise. But in recent decades, a critical mass of theologians and biblical scholars has begun to reassert the priority of a theological reading of Scripture. The Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible enlists leading theologians to read and interpret Scripture for the twenty-first century, just as the church fathers, the Reformers, and other Orthodox Christians did for their times and places.
The commentaries are 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.
9781587431616 (cloth) 1587431610 (cloth)
2007028245
Bible.--Ezra--Commentaries.
Bible.--Nehemiah--Commentaries.
BS1355.53 / .L48 2007
222/.707