This collection contains 1,500 pages of interpretation, application, and contextual studies are drawn from noted authors such as William Kelly, Thomas Kelly Cheyne, E.W. Bullinger, and John Gifford Bellett. They have had an enduring impact on Old Testament exegesis, providing easy access to a wealth of significant scholarship.

James W. Harper surveys the historical understanding of the authorship and date of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther. Harper also summarizes the historical context of each book and places them within the chronology of the biblical canon. Useful charts at the end of Harper’s work document the historical happenings around the world at the time of the events depicted in these books.