1. INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgements v
3. Contents vii
4. Abbreviations x
5. 1. INTRODUCTION 1
6. 2. EZRA 7–8 22
7. 3. EZRA 9–10 82
8. 4. NEH 8 136
9. 5. NEH 9–1 0 – LATE FORTSCHREIBUNG OF THE EZRA MATERIAL 180
10. 6. NEH 13 212
11. 7. DEVELOPMENT OF THE EZRA MATERIAL 225
12. 8. THE EZRA MATERIAL AND THE TORAH 278
13. 9. SUMMARY 291
14. Appendix A: The Main Editorial Phases 300
15. Appendix Β: Literary Strata of the Ezra Material 301
16. Appendix C: Reconstructed Text of the Ezra Source 302
17. Appendix D: The Editorial Phases of the EM in Translation 303
18. Bibliography 310
19. Index of Hebrew and Aramaic Words and Phrases 329
20. Subject Index 331
21. Author Index 333
22. Index of Ancient Sources 337