Abstract
This chapter presents the scholarly view on the Book of Ezra from the early seventies. In the Hebrew Bible the Book of Ezra is presented as part of the Ketubim , the Writings. Noth's view of a Chronistic History Writing as the work of one author, and not of a redactor, that only fell apart into three pieces during the process of canonization of the Hebrew Bible, is classic and has dominated the field for more than 30 years. Mainstream Old Testament scholarship pursuing consciously or unconsciously a nineteenth century positivistic agenda has been looking for authentic sources that can help to reconstruct what really happened. There are, fortunately, three new perspectives that can reopen and reformulate the discussion and bring Ezra-research a little bit further. The perspectives are as follows: new literary analysis; social science approach and by rethinking historiography. Keywords: Book of Ezra; Chronistic History Writing; Hebrew Bible; Old Testament scholarship; social science perspective
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