

Ezra-Nehemiah
Pages
476
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Published
1985
ISBN-13
9780849902154
Collections
This book appears in the following featured collections.
- John Piper's OT Commentary Recommendations by Desiring God Ministries (John Piper)
- Recommended OT Commentaries by Denver Seminary Journal
- Tremper Longman III's 5-Star Commentaries by Tremper Longman III
- Ultimate Commentary Collection - OT Technical by John Glynn
- Favorite Advanced Commentaries (OT) by Jeremy Pierce (parableman)
- Best Advanced OT Commentaries by Jason Gile
- Old Testament Advanced Commentaries by Moore College Journal: Societas
- Building a Commentary Library - Old Testament by Invitation to Biblical Interpretation
Reviews
very important
The three commentaries on Ezra-Nehemiah I rely on (Williamson, Fensham, Blenkinsopp) were all published around the same time, but still hold up quite well. Williamson is the most technical of the three. If you are willing to work with the somewhat annoying WBC format, this is a wonderful commentary, especially the introduction, which is surprisingly short for a technical commentary (roughly 30 pages) but distilled well, avoiding speculative tangents.
offers an
excellent interpretation of these books, with thorough discussion of contemporary scholarship
There is not only near-consensus on the best commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah, but also near-consensus on the second best–Williamson’s contribution to the WBC. Williamson takes a more scholarly and technical approach than Fensham, making this a little bit more difficult to read. His strength is in word study, background, customs and the like. With Fensham this should make a pretty good one-two punch in understanding and interpreting the text.
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Williamson's commentary is a scholarly standard on these books and should be consulted in conjunction with Fensham's work. There is more technical information in Williamson's work, but it is less user friendly due to the cumbersome format of the WBC.
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A judicious survey of the historical and major exegetical issues with an awareness of the archaeological component.
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