Rebuilding Identity : : The Nehemiah-Memoir and its Earliest Readers / / Jacob L. Wright.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Wright, Jacob L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2012]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft , 348
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (372 p.)

Ausgehend von der vorkritischen Interpretation des Esra-Nehemiabuches zeigt der Verfasser in einer detaillierten Analyse der Nehemia-Denkschrift, dass die Formulierung in der ersten Person als Kriterium für die Abgrenzung der verba Neemiae von den Zusätzen späterer Autoren nicht ausreicht. Als ältes...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Foreword
• Contents
• 1. Spinoza and the Attempt to Isolate Nehemiah’s First-Person Account
• I. In Susa – 1:1–11
• Introduction
• 2. Nehemiah’s First Prayer – 1:5–11a
• 3. The Origins of Jerusalem’s Ruins
• 4. A Prologue to the Amplified Account – 1:1b–4
• II. From Susa to Jerusalem
• Introduction
• 5. Artaxerxes’ Permission to Build – 2:1–11a
• 6. The Consolidation of the Builders – 2:11b–4:17
• 7. The Intimidation of the Builder – 6:1–19
• 8. The Socioeconomic Reforms – 5:1–19
• III. Additional Reforms during the Work on the Wall – 13:4–31
• Introduction
• 9. The Cultic Reforms – 13:4–14
• 10. The Sabbath-Reforms – 13:15–22
• 11. The Marriage-Reforms – 13:23–31
• IV. The Dedication of the Wall (12:27–13:3) and the Formation of a New Climax (7:1–12:26)
• Introduction
• 12. The Account of the Dedication Ceremonies (12:27ff.) and the Analogy of 7:1–3
• 13. The Account of the Dedication Ceremonies and the Growth of Chaps. 7–13
• 14. The Final Form of the Book in Neh 12:44–13:3 and Neh 8–10
• Bibliography
• Index of Biblical and Ancient Literature
• Index of Modern Authors
• Index of Subjects