First edition, eighth printing 1981 has ISBN: 0-385-04695-2

Includes bibliographical references (pages lxxviii-lxxxiii) and index

Ezra -- Cyrus releases the Jews (i 1-11) -- The return to Jerusalem (ii 1-70) -- Renewal of religious institutions (iii 1-13) -- Work on the temple suspended because of Samaritan opposition (iv 1-24) -- Persian officials investigate the rebuilding of the temple (v 1-17) -- Darius I permits the completion of the temple (vi 1-22) -- Ezra and his mission (vii 1-28) -- Ezra's departure from Babylon. His enlistment and selection of personnel (viii 1-36) -- Ezra reprimands the Jerusalem Jews for their sins (ix 1-15) -- Repentance of the Jews (x 1-44) -- Nehemiah -- Nehemiah distressed by news of the conditions in Jerusalem (i 1-11) -- Nehemiah goes to Jerusalem by permission of Artaxerxes (ii 1-10) -- Nehemiah's secret inspection of Jerusalem angers the officials (ii 11-20) -- Reconstruction of the city walls (iii 1-32) -- Samaritan opposition and harassment necessitate protective measures (iii 33-38, iv 1-17) -- Economic problems. Nehemiah's solution (v 1-13) -- Nehemiah's administration (v 14-19) -- Plots against Nehemiah (vi 1-14, 17-19) -- Completion of the wall (vi 15--16, vii 1-3) -- Population records (vii 4-72a) -- The reading of the law (vii 72b, viii 1-12) -- Celebration of the feast of booths (viii 13-18) -- Penance (ix 1-37) -- The written pledge of reform: signers and provisions (x 1-40) -- Distribution of the Jews in and outside Jerusalem (xi 1-36) -- Postexilic clerical genealogies (xii 1-26) -- Dedication of the wall (xii 27-43) -- Temple provisions, expulsion of foreigners (xii 44-47, xiii 1-3) -- Nehemiah's reforms (xiii 4-31)

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