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Allen and Laniak direct the reader’s attention to the literary elements of these three postexilic books while examining the books’ historical setting and details—which, in turn, point to valuable lessons. Though the focus is on human activity, the hand of God in restoration and deliverance is clearly seen. This helpful commentary sheds light on these oft-misunderstood books.

party, those who “trembled at the words of the God of Israel” (Ezra 9:4; 10:3). Ezra 7–10 emphasizes that the true people of God were Judeans who had returned from Babylonian exile and their families. The elect nation of Israel had by divine providence gone through the narrow tunnel of judgment and emerged in Judah once more. Ezra uses the Torah’s ban on intermarriage as an instrument for preserving this understanding of the religious community. For Nehemiah, the specter of assimilation arose on
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