Ezra and Nehemiah record the exciting drama of the restoration of the
Jews to their land following Babylonian captivity. The restoration
period offered the Israelites a unique opportunity to reestablish the
Temple, worship institutions, and the city of Jerusalem on lasting
spiritual foundations.But that period also brought the recently returned
exiles into great temptation and potential disaster. The biblical record
of the three returns of the Jews from Babylon provide not only a history
of the restoration, but also many spiritual lessons concerning God's
faithfulness, Satan's strategy, and the importance of separation
from sin.Dr. Laney presents a synthesis of the restoration period and
discusses the interpretive, historical, geographical, and theological
issues involved in these oftenneglected but spirituallyrich books.