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Order of Contents
Commentaries 6
Early & Medieval 3
Bible Study 1
Life & Times of Ezra 2
Chapters 2
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Commentaries
Beginner
De Graaf, S.G. – ‘After the Exile’ in Promise & Deliverance, vol. 2: The Failure of Israel’s Theocracy (Ontario: Paideia Press, 1977), pp. 427-438
De Graff is a Dutch Reformed author who focuses on the unfolding of the Covenant through history. He writes in an easy to read, but insightful style.
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Intermediate
Adeney, Walter – Ezra, Nehemiah & Esther in The Expositor’s Bible Reprinted by Klock & Klock
Allen, John – A Spiritual Exposition of the Old Testament: from Joshua to the end of the Psalms (1816)
‘Spiritual reflections after the high Calvinistic school. Some preachers cannot see Christ where He is, but Allen finds Him where He is not. There is in these reflections much godly savor, but very little exposition.’ – Spurgeon
This Allen was not the one that translated Calvin’s Institutes. James Darling said that Allen was an Antinomian (one who believes that Christians are not bound by moral injunctions). Antinomians, not believing that moral injunctions should be derived from God’s Word, often replaced this large aspect of Scripture’s teaching with finding Christ everywhere in the Bible, especially the Old Testament.
Stafford, Wright, J.
The Date of Ezra’s Coming to Jerusalem (Tyndale Old Testament Lecture) Buy (1947, 1958)
The Building of the Second Temple Buy (1958)
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Advanced
Keil, K.F. – Commentary on Ezra
** – “Just the kind of book in which Keil’s method of commenting appears to the best advantage. He gives much needful information, and thus supplements more didactic works. We cannot read Keil with pleasure, for we want spiritual meat, but yet it is most desirable for us to know what the text really means.” – Spurgeon
Myers, Jacob – The Anchor Bible: Ezra, Nehemiah Buy (1965) 350 pp. ToC
Myers. This is one of the most conservative works of this otherwise liberal series.
“Important because there are few exegetical and historical works of its kind. The character studies, the handling of the meaning of the names, and the archaeological information is helpful.” – Cyril J. Barber
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The Early Church on Ezra
Compilation
Conti, Marco – ‘Ezra’ in Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: 1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther (IVP, 2008), pp. 303-32
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Individual
Jerome – Preface on the Book of Ezra at Patristic Bible Commentary
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The Medieval Church on Ezra
ed. Gregorio, Scott – Bede: on Ezra & Nehemiah in Translated Texts for Historians (Liverpool University, 2006) 260 pp. ToC Latin
Bede (672/3 –735) was a Medieval English monk and historian.
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For Bible Study
Bush, George – Scripture Questions Designed Principally for Adult Bible Classes: Deut.-Esther
Bush was a Biblical scholar, a professor of oriental literature in New York City University, and initially a presbyterian minister.
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The Life & Times of Ezra
Rawlinson, George – Ezra & Nehemiah: their Lives & Times (1890) 200 pp.
Rawlinson was a conservative.
Whyte, Alexander – Ezra in Bible Characters (d. 1921)
Whyte was a popular leader in the United Free Chuch of Scotland.
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On Chapters in Ezra
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Ezra 9
Leighton, Robert – A Fragment on Ezra 9 Buy (†1684) 2 pp., in Works, vol. 4
Leighton was a very godly Scottish bishop.
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Ezra 9-10
Shute, Josias – Divine Cordials: Delivered in Ten Sermons, upon part of the Ninth & Tenth Chapters of Ezra, in a Time of Visitation (1644) Westminster divine
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