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The Function of a Conjunction: Inclusivist or Exclusivist Strategies in Ezra 6.21 and Nehemiah 10.29–30? [PDF]
, 2009 In spite of the genealogical exclusion of non-Israelites evidenced throughout Ezra-Nehemiah, numerous scholars find strategies of inclusivism within the work. In particular, Ezra 6.19-21 and Neh.
Matthew Thiessen
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Nehemiah 9–10: Structure and Significance
Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, 2001 As some have recognized long ago, Nehemiah 9 is the theological centerpiece of Ezra-Nehemiah. Yet, until recently the long prayer has not received the attention that it deserves. The excellent essays about
Tamara Cohn Eskenazi
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In die Skriflig, 2020 Migration is posing a huge challenge globally. Within this context, one of the challenges of theology is to develop theological approaches that respond to the situation in meaningful ways.
Vhumani Magezi, Christopher Magezi
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Remembering Three Nehemiahs in Late Second Temple Times: Patterns and Trajectories in Memory Shaping
Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, 2018 This article explores the workings of a set of memory-shaping patterns that were influential in the construction of Nehemiah as an evolving site of memory during the late Second Temple period. Its main focus is on the three Nehemiahs of memory evoked in
Ehud Ben Zvi, Sylvie Honigman
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Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, 2009 This conversation with Jacob L. Wright, Rebuilding Identity: The Nehemiah Memoir and its Earliest Readers (BZAW, 348; Berlin: de Gruyter, 2004) began in a special session of the Chronicles-Ezra-Nehemiah
Gary N. Knoppers +5 more
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The Books of Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah as a Project of New Future for Israel
Collectanea Theologica, 2021 1–2 Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah express a different approach to the future of Israel to that provided in the Earlier Prophets. Firstly, the nature and the dating of this part of the Hebrew Bible are discussed, suggesting the end of the fifth and the ...
Waldemar Chrostowski
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New politics, new stories, new history: the Chronicler as historian for a new generation
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2005 The Chronistic History, consisting of I and II chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah, constitutes a new history for the post-exilic Judaean community. These people faced new social and political relities and had to make sense of their history and situation ...
W Boshoff
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Erratum: The structure of Ezra-Nehemiah as a literary unit
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2022 No abstract available.
Hans-Georg Wünch
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Persian Period Jerusalem and Yehud: A Rejoinder
Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, 2010 This is a rejoinder to several recently published articles which take issue with my views on Persian period Jerusalem and Yehud. The article deals with methodological issues such as inconsistencies between archaeology and text and the meaning of negative
Israel Finkelstein
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Old Testament Essays, 2022 Numerous passages in the prophets and other Old Testament (OT) texts demonstrate connections to the Torah. In many of these cases, there are discussions on the nature of these connections.
Hans-Georg Wuench
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