by Justin Marple | Mar 9, 2015 | Chronicles Commentary, Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles, OT Writings Commentary, TEACHING
Saint Jerome said, “The book of Chronicles, the epitome of the old dispensation, is of such importance that without it anyone who claims to have a knowledge of the Scriptures makes himself a fool.” Yet like many of the Writings, the third section of the Hebrew...
by Justin Marple | Mar 3, 2015 | Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles, Ezra-Nehemiah Commentary, OT Writings Commentary, TEACHING
The second half of Ezra-Nehemiah is Nehemiah 7-13. These verses follow the same pattern as the first half: introduction (Neh. 7:1-7:73a), first step (Neh. 7:73b-8:18), second step (Neh. 9-10), climax (Neh. 11:1-13:3), subversion (Neh. 13:4-31). The setting for this...
by Justin Marple | Mar 3, 2015 | Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles, Ezra-Nehemiah Commentary, OT Writings Commentary, TEACHING
After the second step dealing with the subtheme of Ezra’s spiritual wall, Nehemiah 1-6 turns us to the major theme of this half of Ezra-Nehemiah. This major theme is that of a physical wall around Jerusalem – Nehemiah’s wall. Of course, once this wall...
by Justin Marple | Feb 18, 2015 | Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles, Ezra-Nehemiah Commentary, OT Writings Commentary, TEACHING
In Doug Green’s outline, Ezra 7-10 is the second step of the first half of the book. The first step was now complete as the Temple was rebuilt and dedicated. Yet the physical ‘house of God’ was not complete because now we have in mind all of...
by Justin Marple | Feb 10, 2015 | Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles, Ezra-Nehemiah Commentary, OT Writings Commentary, TEACHING
This entry focuses on the introduction (Ezra 1:1-2:70) and first step (Ezra 3:1-6:22) of the first half of Ezra-Nehemiah. These chapters cover material before the namesakes Ezra or Nehemiah appear on the scene. Some would argue that the whole of this section is a...
by Justin Marple | Jan 26, 2015 | Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles, Ezra-Nehemiah Commentary, OT Writings Commentary, TEACHING
Ezra-Nehemiah is one book and should be read as one book. The book was probably written around 400 B.C., as suggested in the Dillard-Longman introduction, but they note that it is possible that it was not completed until as late as 300 B.C. In any case, it was not...
Recent Comments