Ezra

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Introductions

	D. Green, "Ezra-Nehemiah," in A Complete Literary Guide to the Bible. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1993. pp. 206-15.
	D.M. Howard, Jr., "Ezra-Nehemiah," in An Introduction to the Old Testament Historical Books. Moody, 1993.

Commentaries

	Leslie Allen & Timothy Laniak, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, New International Biblical Commentary Old Testament. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers, 2003. Pbk. ISBN: 1565632184. pp.275. {CBD} {Amazon.com}
	Joseph Blenkinsopp, Ezra-Nehemiah. Old Testament Library. London / Philadelphia: SCM Press Ltd. / Westminster Press, 1995. Pbk. ISBN: 0334004446. pp.418. {Amazon.com}
	David J.A. Clines, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther. New Century Bible. Sheffield Academic Press, 1984. Pbk. ISBN: 0551011181. pp.362. {Amazon.com}
	R.J. Coggins, The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah. Cambridge Bible Commentary. Cambridge University Press, 1976. pp150. {Amazon.com}
	F.C. Fensham, The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah. New International Commentary on the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1982. Hbk. ISBN: 0802823629. pp.288. {CBD} {Amazon.com}
	Fredrick Carlson Holmgren, Ezra and Nehemiah. International Theological Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1987. Pbk. ISBN: 0802802591. pp.167. {Amazon.com}
	Derek Kidner, Ezra and Nehemiah. Leicester: IVP, 1979. Pbk. ISBN: 0877842612. pp.174. {CBD} {Amazon.com}
	Knute Larson, Kathy Dahlen & Max Anders, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther. Holman Old Testament Commentary. Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005. Hbk. ISBN: 0805494693. pp.400. {CBD} {Amazon.com}
	J.G. McConville, Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther. Daily Study Bible. Westminster, 1985. Pbk. ISBN: 0664245838. pp.197. {CBD} {Amazon.com}
	M.A. Thronveit, Ezra-Nehemiah. Interpretation. John Knox, 1992. Hbk. pp.129.
	Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther (Bob Utley)
	H.G.M. Williamson, Ezra, Nehemiah. Word Biblical Commentary, Vol. 16. Waco: Word Books, 1985. Hbk. ISBN: 0849902150. pp.417. {CBD} {Amazon.com}

Other Subjects

	Peter R. Ackroyd, "The Temple Vessels - A Continuity Theme," in Studies in the Religion of Ancient Israel. Vetus Testamentum Supplement 23 (1972): 166-81.
	P.R. Bedford, "Diasopra: Homeland Relations on Ezra-Nehemiah," Vetus Testamentum 52.2 (2002): 147-165. [Abstract]
	R.L. Braun, "Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah," in Studies in the Historical Books of the Old Testament. Vetus Testamentum Supplement 30 (1979): 52-64.
	Yonina Dor, "The Composition of the Episode of the Foreign Women in Ezra IX-X," Vetus Testamentum 53.1 (2003): 26-47. [Abstract]
	J.A. Emerton, "Did Ezra Go to Jerusalem in 428 B.C.?" Journal of Theological Studies 17 (1966): 1-19.
	Tamara Cohn Eskenazi, In an Age of Prose: A Literary Approach to Ezra-Nehemiah. Society of Biblical Literature Monograph Series, No 36. Atlanta: Scholars, 1988. Pbk. ISBN: 1555402615. pp.275. {Amazon.com}
	Kenneth G. Hoglund, Achaemenid Imperial Administration in the Syria-Palestine and the Missions of Ezra and Nehemiah. Atlanta: Scholars, 1992. Hbk. ISBN: 1555404561. pp.274. {Amazon.com}
	S. Japhet, "Shechbazzar and Zerubabbabel - Against the Background of the Historical and Religious Tendencies of Ezra-Nehemiah," Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 94 (1982): 66-98.
	S. Japhet, "The Supposed Common Authorship of Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah Investigated Anew," Vetus Testamentum 18 (1968): 330-71.
	R.W. Klein, Ezra and Nehemiah in Recent Studies," F.M. Cross, W.E. Lemke & P.D. Miller, eds. Magnalia Dei: The Might Acts of God. Doubleday, 1976. pp.361-76.
	K. Koch, "Ezra and the Origins of Judaism," Journal of Semitic Studies 19 (1974): 173-97.
	Tremper Longman III, Fictional Akkadian Autobiography: A Generic and Comparative Study. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1991. Pbk. ISBN: 0931464412. {Amazon.com}
	D.J. McCarthy, "Covenant and Law in Chronicles-Nehemiah," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 41 (1982): 25-44.
	J.G. McConville, "Ezra-Nehemiah and the Fulfillment of Prophecy," Vetus Testamentum 36 (1986): 205-24.
	Leslie McFall, "Was Nehemiah Contemporary with Ezra in 458 BC?" Westminster Theological Journal 53.2 (1991): 263-293.
	A Chronological and Literary Harmony of Ezra & Nehemiah. (Leslie McFall)
	H.H. Rowley, "Sanballat and the Samaritan Temple," Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 38 (1955-1956): 166-98.
	Joachim Schaper, "The Temple Treasury Committee in the Times of Nehemiah and Ezra," Vetus Testamentum 47.2 (1997): 200-206.
	M. Segal, "Numerical Discrepancies in the List of Vessels in Ezra I 9-11," Vetus Testamentum 52.1 (2002): 122-129.
	C.C. Torrey, Ezra Studies. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1910.
	M. Throntveit, "Linguistic Analysis and the Question of Authorship in Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah," Vetus Testamentum 32 (1978): 9-36.
	H.G.M. Williamson, "The Composition of Ezra i-vi," Journal of Theological Studies 34 (1983): 1-30.
	H.G.M. Williamson, "Ezra and Nehemiah in the Light of the Texts from Persepolis," Bulletin for Biblical Research 1 (1991): 41-62.
	J. Stafford Wright, The Date of Ezra’s Coming to Jerusalem, 1947. London: The Tyndale Press, 1958. pp.32.
	J. Stafford Wright, The Building of the Second Temple. London: The Tyndale Press, 1958. pp.20.
	Edwin M. Yamauchi, "Postbiblical Traditions about Ezra and Nehemiah," Walter C. Kaiser & Ronald F. Youngblood, eds., A Tribute to Gleason Archer. Chicago: Moody Press, 1986. Hbk. ISBN: 0802487807. pp.167-178.
	Edwin M. Yamauchi, "Archaeological Backgrounds of the Exilic and Postexilic Era. Part 3: The Archaeological Background of Ezra," Bibliotheca Sacra 137: 547 (1980): 195-206.
	Edwin M. Yamauchi, "The reverse order of Ezra/Nehemiah Reconsidered," Themelios 5.3 (1980): 7-13.