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By analyzing the elements of narrative and the historical background of Ezra and Nehemiah, Israel Loken explains how and why God’s people rebuilt Jerusalem and changed their way of worship. Loken examines the views of other scholars before drawing persuasive conclusions about what convinced God’s people to follow Him, once again, with their entire beings. Loken then tells us what the characters...

The collective similarities between the books of Ezra and Nehemiah and the book of Chronicles have led many scholars to incorporate all three books into a single unified work attributed to the “Chronicler.” L. Zunz3 originally defined and presented this theory in 1832. Zunz’s work convinced the majority of scholars, and the view has persisted to the modern day.4 In fact, Fensham (2) contends that “this view is generally accepted today by conservative as well as critical scholars.” Haran also holds