The Daily Study Bible Old Testament: Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther - McConville. J. G. (Edinburgh Saint Andrew, 1985)
Set in the Persian Empire, one of the greatest kingdoms the world has ever known, the stories contained in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah provide the most comprehensive scriptural account of the restored Judean community after the Babylonian exile. The book of Esther is also set in the Persian period of Israel's history, although the concern is.