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Introductions

On-line Resource Stephen Dray, "Ezra: an Applied Overview," Evangel 24.2 (Summer 2006): 34-37.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
On-line Resource H.L. Ellison, From Babylon to Bethlehem. The People of God from the Exile to the Messiah. Exeter: The Paternoster Press, Ltd., 1976. Pbk. ISBN: 0853641900. pp.41-54.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder] To read the whole book, click here.
Article in Journal or Book D. Green, "Ezra-Nehemiah," in A Complete Literary Guide to the Bible. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1993. pp. 206-15.
Article in Journal or Book D.M. Howard, Jr., "Ezra-Nehemiah," in An Introduction to the Old Testament Historical Books. Moody, 1993.
On-line Resource Frank Marshall [1848-1906], The Old Testament: Ezra. London: George Gill & Sons, n.d. Hbk. pp.52. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
On-line Resource Archibald H. Sayce [1845-1933], An Introduction to the Books of Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther, 5th edn.Archibald H. Sayce [1845-1933], An Introduction to the Books of Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther, 5th edn., 1910. London: The Religious Tract Society, 1885. [This material is in the Public Domain]

Commentaries

On-line Resource Walter Frederic Adeney [1849-1920], Ezra, Nehemiah & Esther. W. Robertson Nicoll, ed., The Expositor's Bible. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1903. Hbk. pp.404. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
Book or monograph Ezra, Nehemiah, EstherLeslie Allen & Timothy Laniak, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, New International Biblical Commentary Old Testament. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers, 2003. Pbk. ISBN: 1565632184. pp.275.
On-line Resource Loring Woart Batten [1859-1946], A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah. The International Critical CommentaryLoring Woart Batten [1859-1946], A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah. The International Critical Commentary. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1913. Hbk. pp.384. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Joseph Blenkinsopp, Ezra-NehemiaJoseph Blenkinsopp, Ezra-Nehemiah. Old Testament Library. London / Philadelphia: SCM Press Ltd. / Westminster Press, 1995. Pbk. ISBN: 0334004446. pp.418. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Mervin Breneman, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther.Mervin Breneman, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther. The New American Commentary. Nashville, TN: B&H Publishing Group, 1993. ISBN: 9781433676291. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
Book or monograph David J.A. Clines, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther. New Century Bible. Sheffield Academic Press, 1984. Pbk. ISBN: 0551011181. pp.362.
Book or monograph R.J. Coggins, The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah. Cambridge Bible Commentary. Cambridge University Press, 1976. pp150.
On-line Resource Thomas Witton Davies [1851-1923], Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther. The Century BibleThomas Witton Davies [1851-1923], Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther. The Century Bible. Edinburgh: T.C. & E.C.Jack, n.d. Hbk. pp.384. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
On-line Resource Edward Dennett [1831-1914], Ezra or Restoration from BabylonEdward Dennett [1831-1914], Ezra or Restoration from Babylon. An Exposition. London: G. Morrish, 1912. Hbk. pp.114. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly F.C. Fensham, The Books of Ezra and NehemiahF.C. Fensham, The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah. New International Commentary on the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1983. ISBN: 9781467422987. pp.288. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
Book or monograph Holmgren: Ezra and NehemiahFredrick Carlson Holmgren, Ezra and Nehemiah. International Theological Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1987. Pbk. ISBN: 0802802591. pp.167.
On-line Resource Carl Friedrich Keil [1807-1888] & Franz Delitzsch [1813-1890], Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. The Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1878. Hbk. pp.380. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
Book or monograph Kidner: Ezra and NehemiahDerek Kidner, Ezra and Nehemiah. Leicester: IVP, 1979. Pbk. ISBN: 0877842612. pp.174.
Book or monograph Knute Larson, Kathy Dahlen & Max Anders, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther. Holman Old Testament Commentary. Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005. Hbk. ISBN: 0805494693. pp.400.
Book or monograph McConville: Ezra, Nehemiah and EstherJ.G. McConville, Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther. Daily Study Bible. Westminster, 1985. Pbk. ISBN: 0664245838. pp.197.
On-line Resource William Burt Pope [1822-1903], "Ezra," Charles John Ellicott [1819-1905], editor, An Old Testament commentary for English Readers various writers, Vol. 3. London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1883. Hbk. pp.457-480. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
On-line Resource Herbert Edward Ryle [1856-1925], The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah. The Cambridge Bible for Schools and CollegesHerbert Edward Ryle [1856-1925], The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah. The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1893. Hbk. 328. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Andrew J. Schmutzer & Douglas J.E. Nykolaishen, Ezra, Nehemiah, and EstherAndrew J. Schmutzer & Douglas J.E. Nykolaishen, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther. Teach the Text Commentary Series. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2018. ISBN: 9781493412648. 336. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly David J. Shepherd & Christopher J. H. Wright, Ezra and NehemiahDavid J. Shepherd & Christopher J. H. Wright, Ezra and Nehemiah. The Two Horizons Old Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2018. ISBN: 9781467449625. pp.250.
On-line Resource Charles Simeon, Horae Homileticae or Discourses Digested Into One Continued Series and Forming a Commentary, Upon Every Book of the Old and New Testament, Vol. 4: First of Chronicles to Job, 6th edn. London: Henry G., Bohn, 1844. pp.230-263.View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Mark A. Thronveit, Ezra-NehemiahMark A. Thronveit, Ezra-Nehemiah. Interpretation. John Knox, 1992. Hbk. pp.129. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
On-line Resource Ezra (Bob Utley)
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Word Biblical Commentary Vol. 16, Ezra - NehemiahH.G.M. Williamson, Ezra, Nehemiah. Word Biblical Commentary, Vol. 16. Waco: Word Books, 2018. ISBN: 9780310588368. pp.417. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Edwin Yamauchi & Elaine A. Phillips, Ezra, Nehemiah, EstherEdwin Yamauchi & Elaine A. Phillips, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther. The Expositor's Bible Commentary, revised. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2017. ISBN: 9780310531821. pp.336. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]

Other Subjects

Article in Journal or Book Peter R. Ackroyd, "The Temple Vessels - A Continuity Theme," in Studies in the Religion of Ancient Israel. Vetus Testamentum Supplement 23 (1972): 166-81.
Article in Journal or Book P.R. Bedford, "Diasopra: Homeland Relations on Ezra-Nehemiah," Vetus Testamentum 52.2 (2002): 147-165.
Article in Journal or Book R.L. Braun, "Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah," in Studies in the Historical Books of the Old Testament. Vetus Testamentum Supplement 30 (1979): 52-64.
On-line Resource P. Richard Choi, "The Intra-Jewish dialogue in 4 Ezra 3:1-9:25," Andrews University Seminary Studies 41.2 (Autumn 2003): 237-254.View in PDF format pdf
Article in Journal or Book Yonina Dor, "The Composition of the Episode of the Foreign Women in Ezra IX-X," Vetus Testamentum 53.1 (2003): 26-47.
Article in Journal or Book J.A. Emerton, "Did Ezra Go to Jerusalem in 428 B.C.?" Journal of Theological Studies 17 (1966): 1-19.
Book or monograph Tamara Cohn Eskenazi, In an Age of Prose: A Literary Approach to Ezra-Nehemiah. Society of Biblical Literature Monograph Series, No 36. Atlanta: Scholars, 1988. Pbk. ISBN: 1555402615. pp.275.
On-line Resource Stanley Arthur Cook [1873-1949], "The Age of Zerubbabel, " H.H. Rowley (ed.), Studies in Old Testament Prophecy Presented to Professor Theodiere H. Robinson Liit.D., D.D. D.Th. by the Society for Old Testament Study on his Sixty-Fifth Birthday August 9th 1946. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1957. Hbk. pp.19-36. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
On-line Resource Russell T. Fuller, "Ezra: The Teacher of God’s Word and Agent of Revival," Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 9.3 (Autumn 2005): 52-61.
Book or monograph Kenneth G. Hoglund, Achaemenid Imperial Administration in the Syria-Palestine and the Missions of Ezra and Nehemiah. Atlanta: Scholars, 1992. Hbk. ISBN: 1555404561. pp.274.
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly David Janzen, End of History and the Last KingDavid Janzen, End of History and the Last King. Achaemenid Ideology and Community Identity in Ezra-Nehemiah. London: Bloomsbury Publishiong, 2021. ISBN: 9780567698025. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
Article in Journal or Book S. Japhet, "Shechbazzar and Zerubabbabel - Against the Background of the Historical and Religious Tendencies of Ezra-Nehemiah," Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 94 (1982): 66-98.
Article in Journal or Book S. Japhet, "The Supposed Common Authorship of Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah Investigated Anew," Vetus Testamentum 18 (1968): 330-71.
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Derek Kidner, Ezra and NehemiahDerek Kidner, Ezra and Nehemiah. Tyndale Old Testament Commentary. London: IVP, 2015. ISBN: 9781783592371. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
Article in Journal or Book R.W. Klein, Ezra and Nehemiah in Recent Studies," F.M. Cross, W.E. Lemke & P.D. Miller, eds. Magnalia Dei: The Might Acts of God. Doubleday, 1976. pp.361-76.
Article in Journal or Book K. Koch, "Ezra and the Origins of Judaism," Journal of Semitic Studies 19 (1974): 173-97.
Book or monograph Tremper Longman III, Fictional Akkadian Autobiography: A Generic and Comparative Study. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1991. Pbk. ISBN: 0931464412.
Article in Journal or Book D.J. McCarthy, "Covenant and Law in Chronicles-Nehemiah," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 41 (1982): 25-44.
Article in Journal or Book J.G. McConville, "Ezra-Nehemiah and the Fulfillment of Prophecy," Vetus Testamentum 36 (1986): 205-24.
On-line Resource Leslie McFall, "Was Nehemiah contemporary with Ezra in 458 BC," Westminster Theological Journal 53.2 (Fall 1991): 263-293. View in PDF format pdf [Accompanying Chart: A Chronological and Literary Harmony of Ezra & Nehemiah]
Article in Journal or Book Harold Henry Rowley [1890-1969], "Sanballat and the Samaritan Temple," Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 38 (1955-1956): 166-98.
Article in Journal or Book Joachim Schaper, "The Temple Treasury Committee in the Times of Nehemiah and Ezra," Vetus Testamentum 47.2 (1997): 200-206.
Article in Journal or Book M. Segal, "Numerical Discrepancies in the List of Vessels in Ezra I 9-11," Vetus Testamentum 52.1 (2002): 122-129.
On-line Resource Andrew E. Steinmann, "A Chronological Note: The Return of the Exiles under Sheshbazzar and Zerubbabel (Ezra 1-2)," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 51.3 (Sept. 2008): 513-522.View in PDF format pdf
Book or monograph C.C. Torrey, Ezra Studies. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1910.
Article in Journal or Book M. Throntveit, "Linguistic Analysis and the Question of Authorship in Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah," Vetus Testamentum 32 (1978): 9-36.
On-line Resource Carl G. Tuland, "Ezra-Nehemiah or Nehemiah-Ezra: An investigation into the validity of the Van Hoonacker theory," Andrews University Seminary Studies 12.1 (Jan. 1974): 47-62.View in PDF format pdf
Article in Journal or Book H.G.M. Williamson, "The Composition of Ezra i-vi," Journal of Theological Studies 34 (1983): 1-30.
On-line Resource H.G.M. Williamson, "Ezra and Nehemiah in the Light of the Texts from Persepolis," Bulletin for Biblical Research 1 (1991): 41-61.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource John Stafford Wright [1905-1985], "Ezra and Nehemiah," The Evangelical Quarterly 12.1 (Jan. 1940): 35-47. View in PDF format pdf [ © 1940 The Estate of John Stafford Wright. Reproduced by kind permission of Christopher Stafford Wright.]
On-line Resource J. Stafford Wright, The Date of Ezra's Coming to Jerusalem, 1947. London: The Tyndale Press, 1958. pp.32. [ © 1958 The Estate of John Stafford Wright. Reproduced by kind permission of Christopher Stafford Wright.]
On-line Resource John Stafford Wright [1905-1985], The Building of the Second Temple. London: The Tyndale Press, 1958. pp.20. [ © 1958 The Estate of John Stafford Wright. Reproduced by kind permission of Christopher Stafford Wright.]
Article in Journal or Book Edwin M. Yamauchi, "Postbiblical Traditions about Ezra and Nehemiah," Walter C. Kaiser & Ronald F. Youngblood, eds., A Tribute to Gleason Archer. Chicago: Moody Press, 1986. Hbk. ISBN: 0802487807. pp.167-178.
Article in Journal or Book Edwin M. Yamauchi, "Archaeological Backgrounds of the Exilic and Postexilic Era. Part 3: The Archaeological Background of Ezra," Bibliotheca Sacra 137: 547 (1980): 195-206.
On-line Resource Edwin M. Yamauchi, "The reverse order of Ezra/Nehemiah Reconsidered," Themelios 5.3 (1980): 7-13.View in PDF format pdf

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