Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

I don’t see any reason why not. Just look at the context. Ezra himself does 
not appear in the book until Ezra 7:1. Ezra 1–6 chronicled what went on 
before his appearance on the scene, and the last four chapters his personal 
experiences. What little Hebrew in the first six chapters is not enough to 
prove a difference in authorship, even if all he did was to redact what he 
had received from others.

The Aramaic sections are merely “he said this” and “he did that” which, if 
accurately reported, will show the styles of the “he” quoted.

Karl W. Randolph.

You wrote:

> Dear All,
> I'm trying to figure out if the editor of Ezra 1-6
> is the same who wrote/edited Ezra 7-10.
> Has work been done on this? I know there is controversy
> about whether he is the Chronicler, but what about internal
> consistency within Ezra? Has anyone worked on this?
> How should one go about deciding this?
> Thanks,
> Liz
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