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Genre/Form: | Reference works Ouvrages de référence |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Bible. O.T. Apocrypha Esdras, 1st. English. Myers. 1974. I and II Esdras. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1974 (DLC) 72084935 (OCoLC)880332 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Jacob M Myers |
OCLC Number: | 681901056 |
Reproduction Notes: | Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
Description: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 383 pages) : illustrations |
Details: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Contents: | I Esdras -- Introduction -- Name, contents, and relationship to sources -- Text, versions, language -- Purpose and date -- Textual and historical significance -- Theological and practical interests -- Bibliography I -- Translation, notes, and comments -- The period of Josiah (1:1-31) -- The last kings of Judah (1:32-55) -- The decree of Cyrus and the response thereto (2:1-14) -- Correspondence between the Samarian officials and the Persian court (2:15-25) -- The story of bodyguards (3:1 -- 4:63) -- Preparations for and return from captivity (5:1-70) -- Events associated with the reconstruction of the temple (6:1 -- 7:15) -- The Ezra story (8:1 -- 9:55) -- II Esdras -- Introduction -- The name of the book -- Outline and content -- Manuscripts and versions -- Original language -- The unity of the book -- The theology of II Esdras (chs. 3-14) -- Messianic implications -- Date and purpose -- Literary relationships -- Bibliography II -- Translation, notes, and comments -- Ezra's divine commission (1 -- 2) -- The Ezra apocalypse (3 -- 14) -- The first vision (3:1 -- 5:19) -- The second vision (5:20 -- 6:34) -- The third vision (6:35 -- 9:25) -- The fourth vision (9:26 -- 10:59) -- The fifth (Eagle) vision (10:60 -- 12:51) -- The sixth vision (The man from the sea) (13:1-58) -- The seventh vision (The legend of Ezra) (14:1-51) -- Sixth Ezra (15 -- 16). |
Series Title: | Bible., v. 42. |
Other Titles: | Bible. Bible. |
Responsibility: | Introd., translation and commentary by Jacob M. Myers. |
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