Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther: Based on the New International Version

by Leslie C. Allen, Timothy S. Laniak

"The New International Biblical Commentary offers the best of contemporary scholarship in a format that both general readers and serious students can use with profit." Based on the widely used New International Version translation, the NIBC presents careful section-by-section exposition with key terms and phrases highlighted and all Hebrew transliterated. A separate section of notes at the close of each chapter provides additional textual and technical comments. Each commentary also includes a selected bibliography as well as Scripture and subject indexes.

Genres: Biblical Studies

290 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1995

About the author

Leslie Allen (MA, PhD, DD) is senior professor of Old Testament, School of Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary (Pasadena, California).

Reviews

[Jared Saltz · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this combo volume to teach adult, auditorium bible classes where I was covering large swathes of material at once and didn't have as much time as I'd like to read as deeply as I'd like--time constraints stink. So, I grabbed this for Ezra-Nehemiah reading because I'd really appreciated the Esther section that I'd read for a different class, a few years ago. However, this just wasn't as good.

This is a mixed bag in a lot of ways. I'd read the Esther commentary awhile ago when I taught Esther and I thought it punched well above its weight for the time allotted and simplicity of the commentary (probably a weighted 4.5 stars). Ezra was perfectly serviceable and clocked a solid 3.5 stars, but Nehemiah was... not good 2 stars.

So, it's tough top rate as a whole. I'd say if you're similarly constrained it would definitely be worth reading Ezra, but I'd find something better for Nehemiah.

[Nithin Thompson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good. A great and classic commentary on these three wonderful books. I probably would have stuck with the New American because the two covered the same ground at points.