Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Ezra -- Permission to return (1:1-11) -- The list of exiles who returned (2:1-70) -- The restoration of worship (3:1--4:5) -- Opposition (4:6-24) -- The rebuilding of the temple (5-6) -- Introduction to Ezra (7:1-10) -- Ezra's commission (7:11-28a) -- List of exiles who returned with Ezra (7:28b--8:14) -- Ezra's journey to Jerusalem (8:15-36) -- A report of mixed marriages and Ezra's response (9:1-15) -- The problem of mixed marriages resolved (10:1-44) -- Nehemiah -- Nehemiah's vocation (1:1-11) -- Nehemiah's commission (2:1-10) -- Nehemiah's first steps in Jerusalem (2:11-20) -- Rebuilding the walls (3:1-32) -- Renewed opposition (3:33-37 [Evv 4:1-5]) -- Further opposition and countermeasures (3:38--4:17 [Evv 4:6-23]) -- Internal difficulties (5:1-19) -- The completion of the wall (6:1-19) -- The need to populate Jerusalem (7:1-72a [Ev 73a]) -- Covenant renewal (8-10) -- The reading of the law (7:72b [Ev73b]--8:18) -- Confession (9:1-37) -- A pledge to keep the law (10:1-40 [Evv 9:38--10:39]) -- The population of Jerusalem, and related matters (11:1-36) -- Priests and Levites (12:1-26) -- The dedication of the wall (12:27-43) The temple chambers : use and abuse (12:44-13:14) -- Concluding reforms (13:15-31).