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035			_a(OCoLC)793844422
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050	1	4	_aBS1151.3 _b.U64 2012 _aBS1355.53
092			_a222.07
100	1		_aAllen, Leslie C. _945291
245	1	0	_aEzra, Nehemiah, Esther / _cLeslie C. Allen, Timothy S. Laniak.
260			_aGrand Rapids, Mich. : _bBaker Academic, _c2012.
300			_axi, 290 p. ; _c22 cm.
490	1		_aUnderstanding the Bible commentary series. _vv.9
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. _945292
630	0	0	_aBible. _pNehemiah _vCommentaries. _945293
630	0	0	_aBible. _pEsther _vCommentaries. _945294
700	1		_aLaniak, Timothy S. _945295
830		0	_aUnderstanding the Bible commentary series. _945296
942			_2lcc _cREF _hBS 1151.3 _i.U64 2012
999			_c12791 _d12791