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001			793844422
003			OCoLC
005			20250411082033.0
008			120517s2012 miu b 001 0 eng
020			_a9780801045462
022			_29781565632189
035			_a(OCoLC)793844422
040			_aBSU _cBSULIB _dBSULIB _dBDX
082			_a222.07 _bALL
100	1		_aAllen, Leslie C _925196
245	1	0	_aEzra, Nehemiah, Esther / _cLeslie C. Allen, Timothy S. Laniak
260			_aGrand Rapids, Mich. : _bBaker Academic, _cc 2012
300			_axi, 290 p. ; _c22 cm
490	1		_aUnderstanding the Bible commentary series
490	1		_a[New International Biblical commentary]
500			_aOriginally published: Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers ; Carlisle, Cumbria : Paternoster Press, c2003
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index
520			_aEzra-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. --From publisher's description
630	0	0	_aBible. _pEzra _vCommentaries _925093
630	0	0	_aBible. _pNehemiah _vCommentaries _925094
630	0	0	_aBible. _pEsther _vCommentaries _925197
700	1		_aLaniak, Timothy S _925198
830		0	_aUnderstanding the Bible commentary series _925048
830		0	_aNew International Biblical commentary _922098
942			_2ddc _cBK
999			_c12938 _d12938