GERMAN

Rebuilding Identity: The Nehemiah-Memoir and its Earliest Readers

Book information

Publisher
Walter de Gruyter
Year
2004
ISBN
3110183196, 9783110183191
ISSN
0934-2575
Google Books ID
8XEJ4zOasocC
Language
german
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3293074 bytes)
Series
Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 348
Pages
XII+372\386
Topic
Religion
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2014-10-10 21:23:11

Description

This monograph presents a fresh and detailed treatment of the problems posed by the Nehemiah-Memoir. Starting from the pre-critical interpretations of Ezra-Neh, the study demonstrates that the use of the first-person does not suffice as a criterion for distinguishing between the verba Neemiae and the additions of later authors. The earliest edition of the Memoir is confined to a building report, which was expanded as early generations of readers developed the implications of Nehemiah's accomplishments for the consolidation and centralization of Judah. The expansions occasioned in turn the composition of the history of the "Restoration" in Ezra-Neh.

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