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Book of Nehemiah

Old Testament

Also known as: Book of Nehemias

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In biblical literature: Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles
The final books of the Hebrew Bible are the books of Chronicles and Ezra–Nehemiah, which once formed a unitary history of Israel from Adam to the 4th century bce, written by an anonymous Chronicler. That these books constituted a single work—referred to…
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Nehemiah

In Nehemiah
…in the Bible in the Book of Nehemiah, part of which indeed seems to be based upon the memoirs of Nehemiah. The book itself, however, was compiled by a later, anonymous writer who apparently also compiled the books of Ezra and the Chronicles.
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