Was 1 Esdras first? :  an investigation into the priority and nature of 1 Esdras / 
 Was One Esdras first? 
edited by Lisbeth S. Fried. 
 - Atlanta :  Society of Biblical Literature,  ©2011. 
 - 1 online resource (xii, 287 pages). 
 - Society of Biblical Literature : ancient Israel and its literature ;  no. 7 .
 - Ancient Israel and its literature ;  no. 7. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-266)-and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Lower criticism and higher criticism : the case of 1 Esdras / Deirdre N. Fulton and Gary N. Knoppers -- Chicken or egg? : which came first, 1 Esdras or Ezra/Nehemiah? / Lester L. Grabbe -- The relationship between Ezra/Nehemiah and 1 Esdras / Adrian Schenker -- The story of the three youths and the composition of 1 Esdras / Bob Becking -- The second year of Darius / Kristin De Troyer -- Why the story of the three youths in 1 Esdras? / Lisbeth S. Fried -- Why 1 Esdras is probably not an early version of the Ezra/Nehemiah tradition / Juha Pakkala -- Ancient composition patterns mirrored in 1 Esdras and the priority of the canonical composition type / Zipora Talshir -- Literary questions between Ezra, Nehemiah, and 1 Esdras / James C. VanderKam -- Remember Nehemiah : 1 Esdras and the damnatio memoriae Nehemiae / Jacob L. Wright -- Articles investigating the nature of 1 Esdras -- The image of the king(s) in 1 Esdras / Sebastian Grøtz -- Darius' court and the guardsmen's debate : Hellenistic Greek elements in 1 Esdras / Paul B. Harvey, Jr. -- Cyclical time and catalogues : the construction of meaning in 1 Esdras / Sylvie Honigman -- Esdras : its genre, literary form, and goals / Sara Japhet -- The rendering of 2 Chronicles 35/36 in 1 Esdras / Ralph W. Klein -- Esdras as rewritten Bible? / H.G.M. Williamson. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781589835450 158983545X 1589835441 9781589835443 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible.--Esdras, 1st--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Congresses.<br/>Bible.--Old Testament. Apocrypha.--Esdras, 1st--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Congresses<br/>Bible.--Esdras, 1st.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>RELIGION--Biblical Studies--Bible Study Guides.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Conference papers and proceedings.<br/>Criticism, interpretation, etc.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS1715.52  / .W37 2011eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>229/.106