Ezra: References & Edit History

The biblical books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and I Esdras; John Bright, A History of Israel, ch. 10 (1959); Martin Noth, The History of Israel, 2nd ed., pp. 315–333 (1960), two recent treatments of Israel’s history that advocate the view that Ezra came to Jerusalem during Nehemiah’s term as governor (c. 428 bce); H.H. Rowley, “The Chronological Order of Ezra and Nehemiah” pp. 135–168 in The Servant of the Lord, rev. ed. (1965), a comprehensive review of the discussion, with a defense of the view that Ezra arrived in the seventh year of Artaxerxes II (397 bce); J.S. Wright, The Date of Ezra’s Coming to Jerusalem, 2nd ed. (1958), perhaps the best defense of the traditional view that Ezra arrived in the seventh year of Artaxerxes I (458 bce).