In the Hebrew Bible Ecclesiastes stands in the third division of the canon among the ketubim, or Hagiography, where it now follows Lamentations and precedes Esther.
The books the history of God's people from the united kingdom under david and salomon to the tragedy of its division into the realm of Israel and Judah
The book of Ezra and Nehemiah have long been the subjects of special and complex academic controversy, not least concerning the order of events recorded.
It is the prayer of the editor and publisher, as of the autors, that these book will help many to understand, and to respond to, the world of God today.
This new series has been designeed primarily to enable pastors, teachears, and students to read the Bible with clarity and proclaim it with power
Has been chosen as the title of the commentary series to which this volume
Its volumes aim to publish biblical scholarship of the highest quality.