Ezra-Nehemiah

Deborah A. Appler, Terry Ann Smith (Autoren)

Amy-Jill Levine, Barbara E. Reid (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

392 Seiten

2025
Liturgical Press (Verlag)
978-0-8146-8113-8 (ISBN)

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In this volume, Deborah Appler and Terry Ann Smith offer a sustained investigation and feminist critique that move beyond traditional historical and theological interpretations of Ezra-Nehemiah. Their intersectional analysis engages themes of gender, power, economics, and social justice. Tensions between group inclusion and exclusion are evident in Ezra-Nehemiah, and the authors bring attention to the complexities associated with identity formation and boundary-making for a repatriated community. Their volume amplifies often overlooked voices in the text and offers insight into how issues of faith, marginalization, and communal solidarity complicate what it means to "come home." Their collaborative analysis of Ezra-Nehemiah demonstrates how ancient and modern communities grapple with community formation and identity amidst ever-evolving social and cultural challenges.

Deborah Ann Appler is professor emerita of Hebrew Bible at Moravian University School of Theology in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, an ordained elder in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church, and an Earth Keeper for the UMC Board of Global Ministries. Her research, publications, and teaching seek to encourage conversations around community justice, especially as these issues appear in biblical texts and intersect with gender, sexuality, elder issues, and food justice. She participated in several archaeological excavations, including Jezreel, Megiddo, and Ramat Rachel to better understand the history and culture behind biblical texts. Terry Ann Smith is the associate dean of institutional assessment and associate professor of biblical studies at New Brunswick Theological Seminary in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Her research interests and publications focus on inspections of the Hebrew Bible that expose normalized inequitable distributions of power and privilege as these intersect categories of ethnicity, class, and gender. As an ordained Baptist minister, she is particularly interested in contextualized socio-political readings of biblical texts that foster conversations which address the theological, practical, and ethical applications of the Bible by the church.

Contents
List of Abbreviations vii
List of Contributors xi
Foreword: “Tell It on the Mountain”—or, “And You Shall Tell Your Daughter [as Well]” xv
Athalya Brenner-Idan
Editor’s Introduction to Wisdom Commentary: “She Is a Breath of the Power of God” (Wis 7:25) xix
Barbara E. Reid, OP
Authors’ Introduction xxxix
Ezra 1 There’s No Place Like Home 1
Ezra 2 Lists, Lists, and More Lists 13
Ezra 3 Feasts and Festivals 25
Ezra 4–6 Power, Politics, and Policies 39
Ezra 7–10 Introducing Ezra: Priest and Scribe 75
Nehemiah Building Walls of Identity and Gates of Possibility 115
Nehemiah 1–3 Nehemiah: The Man and His Mission 117
Nehemiah 4:1–7:73a Triumph Amidst Challenge s 147
Nehemiah 7:73b–10:39 Building a Community Ethic 191
Nehemiah 11:1–13:31 Making, Unmaking, and Remaking 227
Works Cited 269
Index of Scripture References and Other Ancient Writings 302
Index of Subjects 309

Erscheinungsdatum	01.10.2025
Reihe/Serie	Wisdom Commentary Series
Verlagsort	Collegeville, MN
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	635 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Bibelausgaben / Bibelkommentare
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	0-8146-8113-1 / 0814681131
ISBN-13	978-0-8146-8113-8 / 9780814681138
Zustand	Neuware