Rebuilding identity

Autori

• Jacob L. Wright

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• 372 pagine
• 14 ore di lettura

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• Libri di testo universitari

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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 isconfined 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.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2004

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