The Levitical authorship of Ezra-Nehemiah / Kyung-Jin Min.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Min, Kyung-Jin.

Series:

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 409.

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 409

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Ezra--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Nehemiah--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible. Nehemiah.

Bible. Ezra.

Levites.

Physical Description:

xii, 179 p ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : T & T Clark International, [2004]

Summary:

The study of Ezra-Nehemiah has been revolutionized in recent years by a growing rejection of the long-established belief that it was composed as part of the Chronicler's work. That shift in scholarly paradigms has re-opened many questions of origin and purpose, and this thesis attempts to establish an answer to the most important of these: the question of authorship. Here, Kyungjin Min argues that Ezra-Nehemiah most likely originated in a Levitical group that received Persian backing during the late-fifth century BCE and that valued the ideologies of decentralization of power, unity and cooperation among social groups, and dissatisfaction with the religious status quo.

Notes:

Slightly revised version of the author's dissertation (doctoral--University of Durham, 2002).

Includes bibliographical references (pages [147]-169) and indexes.

ISBN:

0567082261

OCLC:

56680347