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Ezra-Nehemiah: Retrograde Revolution
״An Ancient Book’s Recipe for Restoration״
Ezra-Nehemiah takes its readers on a literary tour of an era in which cohesiveness between Jews in Israel and the Diaspora is being tested, the parameters of Jewish identity are being re-assessed, political tact is being learned by necessity, and biblical literacy is at long last becoming the centerpiece of the Jewish community. Students of this remarkably relevant work are likely to learn as much about the times through which they are living, as they are about the trailblazers of their past.
Reviews
"Rabbanit Yael Leibowitz has written an exceptional work of biblical scholarship. Utilizing a highly impressive wide range of…sources,
she elucidates the significance of Ezra-Nehemiah with great clarity and depth. This most highly regarded master educator, whose torah she-be’al peh has educated and inspired thousands, has now gifted us with this extraordinary torah she-bikhtav that will serve as an excellent guide to these books for the interested general serious student of Tanakh and advanced scholar alike.
Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter,
University Professor of Jewish History and Jewish Thought, Yeshiva University
"Yael Leibowitz’s elegantly conceived, beautifully written, and crystal clear commentary…demonstrates beyond doubt that we have been here before.
This is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the relationship between the biblical past and the Jewish future."
Dr. Diana Lipton,
formerly Reader in Hebrew Bible and Jewish Studies, King’s College London,and Teaching Fellow in Biblical Studies at Tel Aviv University
"A deep and erudite journey into the period of Ezra-Nehemiah that presents the contours of Israel’s restoration and its challenges
…making Ezra and Nehemiah’s leadership come to life with resonances for community-building today."
Dr. Erica Brown,
Vice Provost for Values and Leadership at Yeshiva University and the Director of its Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks-Herenstein Center