Publisher's Synopsis
For over one hundred years International Critical Commentaries have had a special place among works on the Bible. They bring together all the relevant aids to exegesis - linguistic, textual, archaeological, historical, literary, and theological - to help the reader understand the meaning of the books of the Old and New Testaments.
Now for the first time the series has been extended to cover the 'Apocrypha'. Upholding the traditions of the ICC series these volumes will examine all the evidence and traditions available, incorporating both historical and new methods of study. The authors are of the highest international standing. No attempt has been made to secure a uniform theological or critical approach to the biblical text: contributors have been invited for their scholarly distinction, not for their adherence to any one school of thought.
Lester L. Grabbe, whose expertise in the Second Temple Period is internationally renowned contributes this volume on 1 Esdras.
