Book contents
- Why the Bible Began
- Why the Bible Began
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Introduction
- Part I The Rise and Fall
- Part II Admitting Defeat
- 9 Daughter Zion
- 10 The Creator
- 11 Haggai the Prophet
- 12 Nehemiah the Builder
- 13 Ezra the Educator
- 14 Hoshayahu the Soldier
- Part III A New Narrative
- Part IV A People of Protest
- Subject Index
- Scholars Cited
- Biblical References
- References
12 - Nehemiah the Builder
Restoring Judean Pride
from Part II - Admitting Defeat
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 July 2023
Book contents
- Why the Bible Began
- Why the Bible Began
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Introduction
- Part I The Rise and Fall
- Part II Admitting Defeat
- 9 Daughter Zion
- 10 The Creator
- 11 Haggai the Prophet
- 12 Nehemiah the Builder
- 13 Ezra the Educator
- 14 Hoshayahu the Soldier
- Part III A New Narrative
- Part IV A People of Protest
- Subject Index
- Scholars Cited
- Biblical References
- References
Summary
It was the middle of night, and the city was fast asleep. No one knew what Nehemiah was planning to do under the veil of darkness. Just several days before, he and his entourage had crossed the borders into the province of Judah. News of his arrival had created a stir. Not often did the small, struggling community in Jerusalem welcome such a high-ranking dignitary from Iran’s snowcapped mountains.
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- Why the Bible BeganAn Alternative History of Scripture and its Origins, pp. 187 - 203Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
References
Further Reading
Burt, Sean, The Courtier and the Governor: Transformations of Genre in the Nehemiah Memoir, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2014.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Guy, Jordan, United in Exile, Reunited in Restoration: The Chronicler’s Agenda, Sheffield Phoenix, 2019.Google Scholar
Japhet, Sara, From the Rivers of Babylon to the Highlands of Judah: Collected Studies on the Restoration Period, Eisenbrauns, 2006.Google Scholar
Japhet, Sara, The Ideology of the Book of Chronicles and Its Place in Biblical Thought, Eisenbrauns, 2009.Google Scholar
Lynch, Matthew Monotheism and Institutions in the Book of Chronicles: Temple, Priesthood, and Kingship in Post-exilic Perspective, Mohr Siebeck, 2014.Google Scholar
Tiemeyer, Lena-Sofia, Ezra-Nehemiah: Israel’s Quest for Identity, T&T Clark, 2017.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Wright, Jacob L., Rebuilding Identity: The Nehemiah Memoir and Its Earliest Readers, De Gruyter, 2004.Google Scholar
Wright, Jacob L., War, Memory, and National Identity in the Hebrew Bible, Cambridge University Press, 2020 (open access).Google Scholar