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I and II Esdras

Introduction, Translation and Commentary

by Jacob M. Myers

  • Paperback
  • 416 pages
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
  • 15.9 x 22.7 x 2.5 cm

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"I and II Esdras" is Volume 42 in the "Anchor Bible" series of new book-by-book translations of the Old and New Testaments and Apocrypha, each by a preeminent scholar. Jacob M. Myers is Professor of Old Testament at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg and the author of three earlier volumes in the series: "I Chronicles and II Chronicles" and "Ezra", "Nehemiah". The present work constitutes the first English commentary on "I Esdras" in sixty years and the first on "II Esdras" in forty.Written about 10 BCE, "I Esdras" is a history ranging from the pious reign of Josiah to the religious reforms of Ezra. For this period Josephus follows I Esdras in his Antiquities of the Jews.An apocalyptic work, written 250 years later, "II Esdras" seeks to offer strength, courage, and hope to those whose faith was severely shaken in the gloom and despondency that followed upon the fall of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. Its chief purpose was to inspire trust in God and the ultimate triumph of righteousness, if not in this world, then in the world to come. "Tracts for the times such as II Esdras," writes Dr.Myers in his preface, "have a message for us who in a revolutionary age are obsessed with the impatience reflected by Ezra; it was not that he lacked faith in God but that he, like Job, questioned his ways and the delay, perhaps seeming inactivity, in the face of what appeared to the prophet to be terrible urgencies. The questions posed are still asked in the context of our age."Eight photographs of ancient Near Eastern sculpture and coins help the reader visualize both the events recounted in "I Esdras" and the apocalyptic imagery in "II Esdras". Each book has its own introduction and bibliography.
I and II Esdras and Ezra, Nehemiah: Anchor Bible Commentary
Ezra, Nehemiah: Anchor Bible CommentaryI and II Esdras

  • Author

    Jacob M. Myers

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Yale University Press

  • Published

    March 1995

  • Weight

    577g

  • Page Count

    416

  • Dimensions

    15.9 x 22.7 x 2.5 cm

  • ISBN

    9780300139983

  • ISBN-10

    0300139985

  • Eden Code

    1225824

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