Ezra the Scribe: The Development of Ezra 7–10 and Nehemia 8. By Juha Pakkala
Nobody doubts that the books of Ezra and Nehemiah have been compiled from previous sources. The first-person accounts of Ezra and Nehemiah themselves and (parts of) the narrative of the building of the second temple in Ezra 1–6 at least two generations before them are generally agreed, though there...
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Format: | Electronic Review |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2007
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2007, Volume: 58, Issue: 2, Pages: 584-589 |
Review of: | Ezra the scribe (Berlin : Walter de Gruyter, 2004) (Williamson, H. G. M.)
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Summary: | Nobody doubts that the books of Ezra and Nehemiah have been compiled from previous sources. The first-person accounts of Ezra and Nehemiah themselves and (parts of) the narrative of the building of the second temple in Ezra 1–6 at least two generations before them are generally agreed, though there is much scope for discussion about other materials as well. In addition, it would be widely accepted that these sources have been modified to a greater or lesser extent in the process of the work's compilation; the curious fact that the material about Ezra mixes first- and third-person narrative has often been explained in this way, for instance., In very recent years, however, there has been a radical and dramatic shift in approach to these issues. The way was programmatically opened by R. G. |
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ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/fll103 |