Ezra-Nehemiah

'This is one of the most clear and comprehensive treatments of Ezra-Nehemiah now available ... It is an excellent illustraion to students of how a good historian should be the most resistant of readers, and to scholars a formidable challenge to a generally under-critical approch to the problems of these books; a reference point for all future discussions' - P.R. Davies, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament

• Chapter 1 Introduction; Part 1 Literary Analysis; Chapter 2 Ezra in the Hebrew Bible; Chapter 3 Nehemiah in the Hebrew Bible; Chapter 4 1 Esdras and Other Ezra and Nehemiah Traditions; Chapter 5 The Traditions from a Literary Point of View; Part 2 The Historical Question; Chapter 6 Ezra and History; Chapter 7 Nehemiah and History; Chapter 8 Summary and Conclusions;