Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther

McConville’s commentary on Esther is scholarly but not technical, informed (though a bit dated) without being too academic. His present-day application may fall a little flat, but he situates Esther in its canonical context expertly. [Full Review]

For the book of Esther, I read a chapter of this book each night with my wife. It is a wonderful devotional commentary. McConville gives enough background and scholarly comments to really help one understand the text. He then goes on to give wonderful thoughts on implications and applications for our own day. He does all this with the space constraints of this devotional commentary. Highly recommended for the commentary series it is in.

I have benefited from many of McConville's works, and this brief introductory level commentary is no exception. I find Kidner somewhat more useful, but McConville should not be ignored. [Full Review]