Between the Traditional and the Innovative: Ezra-Nehemiah in Current Research

This article attempts to bring together the main threads of Ezra-Nehemiah research undertaken during the past 15 years, locating it in the larger framework of biblical studies and identifying possible fruitful avenues of future research. Areas covered in this article include the text and interpretat...

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Main Author: Klingbeil, Gerald A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2009
In: Religion compass
Year: 2009, Volume: 3, Issue: 2, Pages: 182-199
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Summary:This article attempts to bring together the main threads of Ezra-Nehemiah research undertaken during the past 15 years, locating it in the larger framework of biblical studies and identifying possible fruitful avenues of future research. Areas covered in this article include the text and interpretation of Ezra-Nehemiah, current issues in the discussion of the history and material culture of the Persian period, the impetus of sociology and anthropology for the study of Ezra-Nehemiah and studies dealing with the theology/ideology and religion portrayed in Ezra-Nehemiah.
ISSN:1749-8171
Contains:Enthalten in: Religion compass
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8171.2008.00122.x