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The Oxford Study Bible
Study Bible supplemented with commentary from scholars of various religions.
- The Editors' Preface
- Preface to the Revised English Bible
Understanding the Bible and its Communities- General Articles
- Communities in Context
- The Literature of The Biblical Communities
- The Communities' Experiences of God
- The Biblical Text with Annotations
- The Old Testament
- Introduction
- The Pentateuch
- The Book of Joshua
- The Book of Judges
- Ruth
- The First Book of Samuel
- The Second Book of Samuel
- The First Book of Kings
- The Second Book of Kings
- The First Book of the Chronicles
- The Second Book of the Chronicles
- The Book of Ezra
- The Book of Nehemiah
- Esther
- The Book of Job
- Psalms
- Proverbs
- Ecclesiastes
- The Song of Songs
- The Book of the Prophet Isaiah
- The Book of The Prophet Jeremiah
- Lamentations
- The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel
- The Book of Daniel
- Hosea
- Joel
- Amos
- Obadiah
- Jonah
- Micah
- Nahum
- Habakkuk
- Zephaniah
- Haggai
- Zechariah
- Malachi
- The Apocrypha
- Introduction
- The Place and Significance of the Apocrypha
- The First Book of Esdras
- The Second Book of Esdras
- Tobit
- Judith
- The Rest of the Chapters of the Book of Esther which are found neither in the Hebrew nor in the Syriac
- The Wisdom of Solomon
- Ecclesiasticus or the Wisdom of Jesus Son of Sirach
- Baruch
- A Letter of Jeremiah
- The Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three
- Daniel and Susanna
- Daniel, Bel, and the Snake
- The Prayer of Manasseh
- The First Book of the Maccabees
- The Second Book of the Maccabees
- The New Testament
- Introduction
- The Gospels
- Acts of the Apostles
- The Letter of Paul to the Romans
- The First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians
- The second letter of Paul to the Corinthians
- The Letter of Paul to the Galatians
- The Letter of Paul to The Ephesians
- The Letter of Paul to the Philippians
- The Letter of Paul to the Colossians
- The First Letter of Paul to the Thessalonians
- The Second Letter of Paul to the Thessalonians
- The First Letter of Paul to Timothy
- The Second Letter of Paul to Timothy
- The Letter of Paul to Titus
- The Letter of Paul to Philemon
- A Letter to Hebrews
- A Letter of James
- The First Letter of Peter
- The Second Letter of Peter
- The First Letter of John
- The Second Letter of John
- The Third Letter of John
- A Letter of Jude
- The Revelation of John
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1.1–15 : The first oracle,
on the prompt rebuilding of the temple, was designed to shame the people into beginning the work despite obstacles. The date was late August, 520 B.C.E. Darius began his reign as Persian emperor in 522. The Persians allowed Zerubbabel and Joshua to share in the local rule, dividing the civil and priestly offices between them (see Ezra 5.1–2; Zech. chs. 3–4 ).
2 :
According to Ezra chs. 3–4 , though the returned exiles began to rebuild the temple on first coming to Jerusalem, they were compelled to stop.
9 :
The nation's poor economic condition is attributed to the fact that the people have houses, but the LORD has not.
15 :
The date is mid-September.