Was 1 Esdras First? : An Investigation into the Priority and Nature of First Esdras.
- 1st ed.
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- NATO Science for Peace and Security Series D: Information and Communication Security Series .
- NATO Science for Peace and Security Series D: Information and Communication Security Series .
Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- ARTICLES ARGUING AGAINST THE PRIORITY OF EZRA-NEHEMIAH -- LOWER CRITICISM AND HIGHER CRITICISM: THE CASE OF 1 ESDRAS -- CHICKEN OR EGG? WHICH CAME FIRST, 1 ESDRAS OR EZRA-NEHEMIAH? -- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EZRA-NEHEMIAH AND 1 ESDRAS* -- ARTICLES ARGUING AGAINST THE PRIORITY OF 1 ESDRAS -- THE STORY OF THE THREE YOUTHS AND THE COMPOSITION OF 1 ESDRAS -- THE SECOND YEAR OF DARIUS -- WHY THE STORY OF THE THREE YOUTHS IN 1 ESDRAS? -- WHY 1 ESDRAS IS PROBABLY NOT AN EARLY VERSION OF THE EZRA-NEHEMIAH TRADITION -- ANCIENT COMPOSITION PATTERNS MIRRORED IN 1 ESDRAS AND THE PRIORITY OF THE CANONICAL COMPOSITION TYPE -- LITERARY QUESTIONS BETWEEN EZRA, NEHEMIAH, AND 1 ESDRAS -- REMEMBER NEHEMIAH: 1 ESDRAS AND THE DAMNATIO MEMORIAE NEHEMIAE -- ARTICLES INVESTIGATING THE NATURE OF 1 ESDRAS -- THE IMAGE OF THE KING(S) IN 1 ESDRAS -- DARIUS' COURT AND THE GUARDSMEN'S DEBATE: HELLENISTIC GREEK ELEMENTS IN 1 ESDRAS -- CYCLICAL TIME AND CATALOGUES: THE CONSTRUCTION OF MEANING IN 1 ESDRAS -- 1 ESDRAS: ITS GENRE, LITERARY FORM, AND GOALS -- THE RENDERING OF 2 CHRONICLES 35-36 IN 1 ESDRAS -- 1 ESDRAS AS REWRITTEN BIBLE? -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF AUTHORS -- 1-271-INDEX OF ANCIENT SOURCES -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.