Month: July 2023

Nehemiah 1:1 – 2:8 As mentioned in the previous introduction, only a small portion (about 2%) of the Jewish exiles in Babylon and Persia elected to return to Judah when King Cyrus offered their release. By the time of Nehemiah, none of those remaining would have ever lived in...

The book of Nehemiah is placed among the Old Testament writings known as the “Historical Books” (Joshua – Esther; and including the three books of the Maccabees in the Orthodox canon). The events therein took place between 444 B.C. and 425 B.C. Nehemiah was neither a priest nor a...