Now and Not Yet (Ulrich)

Author: Dean R. Ulrich

ISBN: 9781514004074

Binding: paperback

Section: Christianity-General

Subtitle: Theology and Mission in Ezra–Nehemiah

For various reasons, the books of Ezra and Nehemiah have suffered comparative neglect in Old Testament scholarship. However, as Dean Ulrich demonstrates, Ezra–Nehemiah as a literary unit is part of the Christian Bible that tells God's grand story of saving activity. It focuses not so much on how to be an effective leader but on how to be a godly participant in God's story. God may be concerned about human conduct, but the moral imperatives appear in the larger context of God's acts and promises. However exemplary Ezra and Nehemiah the men may be, Ezra–Nehemiah has an interest in how God's people contribute to building the new (and New) Jerusalem―God's redeemed community that is bigger than any single person.