{"id":61763,"date":"2025-12-01T01:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T01:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/?p=61763"},"modified":"2026-02-03T22:23:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T22:23:54","slug":"best-commentaries-on-nehemiah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/best-commentaries-on-nehemiah\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Commentaries on Nehemiah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Note: Our list of recommendations is just getting started. We\u2019ll be adding more in the coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From John Henry Beukema<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>John Henry Beukema is pastor of Cypress Bible Church in Cypress, Texas, and author of Stories from God&#8217;s Heart (Moody). He served as associate editor of PreachingToday.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Derek Kidner, Ezra &amp; Nehemiah: Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries (Downers Grove: Inter-varsity, 1979).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Edwin Yamauchi, Ezra, Nehemiah: The Expositors Bible Commentary, Volume 4: Frank Gaebelein, General Editor (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1988).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>C.F. Keil, Commentary on the Old Testament, by C.F. Keil and F. Delitzsch, Volume 3. Translated from the German by Sophia Taylor (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans , reprinted 1988).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: Our list of recommendations is just getting started. We\u2019ll be adding more in the coming months. From John Henry Beukema John Henry Beukema is pastor of Cypress Bible Church in Cypress, Texas, and author of Stories from God&#8217;s Heart (Moody). 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