Michael E. Stone is professor of Armenian studies and Gail Levin de Nur Professor of Religious Studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the author of numerous books and scholarly articles in biblical, early Jewish, and Armenian studies. He is the editor of Jewish Writings of the Second Temple Period (Fortress and van Gorcum, 1984), the author of 4 Ezra (Hermeneia; Fortress, 1990), and with George W. E. Nickelsburg, coeditor of Early Judaism: Texts and Documents on Faith and Piety, rev. ed. (Fortress, 2009). Frank Moore Cross was Hancock Professor Emeritus of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages at Harvard University. We are deeply saddened by the passing of one of the great biblical scholars of our time, Frank Moore Cross. Dr. Cross was the Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages Emeritus at Harvard Universityand was a co-founder of the Hermeneia Commentary Series, in which he edited the volumes Amos and Daniel and co-edited Ezekiel 1 and Ezekiel 2. His groundbreaking achievements in the field as a scholar and teacher will be felt for generations to come.
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Foreword to Hermeneia Preface Reference Codes Editor's Note Introduction Section 1: Text and Transmission Section 2: Date, Place, and Original Language Section 3: Chief Critical Issues Section 4: The Present Commentary Section 5: 4 Ezra in Jewish Literature An Apocalypse Section 6: Ezra in Christian Tradition Commentary Bibliography Indices