Rebuilding Identity: The Nehemiah-Memoir and Its Earliest Readers

by Jacob L. Wright

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110183196
• ISBN13: 9783110183191
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 385 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary