Biblical Justice in Ezra-Nehemiah: The Faithful Exercise of Authority

This is a contribution for an upcoming book on “Biblical Justice,” for which I was asked to write the chapter on Ezra-Nehemiah. I think it is right that the expression mishpat usedaqah, which is usually translated “justice and righteousness,” is the biblical term for (social) justice), so in this paper I look at Ezra-Nehemiah in light of that. It’s posted under “Writings.”