Nehemiah, Book of

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• Nehemiah, Book of —    The author of this book was no doubt Nehemiah himself. There are portions of the book written in the first person (ch. 1 7; 12:27 47, and 13). But there are also portions of it in which Nehemiah is spoken of in the third person (ch. 8; 9; 10) …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Nehemiah, book of — The last of the historical books of the OT and probably a continuation of the work of the Chronicler. There are several sections: chs. 1–7 (narrated in the first person cf. the ‘we sections’ of Acts) describe Nehemiah s return to Jerusalem and… …   Dictionary of the Bible

• Book of Nehemiah —     Book of Nehemiah     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Book of Nehemiah     Also called the second Book of Esdras (Ezra), is reckoned both in the Talmud and in the early Christian Church, at least until the time of Origen, as forming one single book… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• NEHEMIAH — (Heb. נְחֶמְיָה; YHWH has comforted : fifth century B.C.E.), cupbearer of artaxerxes I and later governor of Judah. Nothing is known of the parentage of Nehemiah except that he was the son of Hacaliah. Two other persons of that name are mentioned …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Nehemiah (disambiguation) — Nehemiah may refer to: Nehemiah, a biblical figure Book of Nehemiah, a book of the Bible Rabbi Nehemiah, a Rabbi who lived circa 150 C.E. Renaldo Nehemiah (born 1959), American athlete Skip James (1902–1969), American blues musician, born… …   Wikipedia

• Nehemiah Hayyun — Nehemiah Hiyya ben Moses Hayyun (ca. 1650 – ca. 1730) was a kabalist from Bosnia. His parents, of Sephardic descent, lived in Sarajevo, Bosnia, where probably he was born, although in later life he pretended that he was a Palestinian emissary… …   Wikipedia

• BOOK OF THE COVENANT — (Heb. Sefer ha Berit), name derived from Exodus 24:7 ( And he took the book of the covenant, and read it aloud to the people.… ), and usually taken to refer to the legal, moral, and cultic corpus of literature found in Exodus 20:22–23:33. This… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Nehemiah — [nē΄hi mī′ə, nē΄əmī′ə] n. [Heb nehemyāh, lit., comfort of Jah (God)] Bible 1. a Hebrew leader of c. 5th cent. B.C. 2. the book that tells of his work: abbrev. Ne or Neh …   English World dictionary

• Book of Nehemiah — Hebrew Bible Tanakh …   Wikipedia

• Nehemiah — For other uses, see Nehemiah (disambiguation). Nehemiah (pronounced /ˌniːəˈmaɪə/ or /ˌniːhəˈmaɪə/; נְחֶמְיָה, Comforted of/is the LORD (YHWH), Standard Hebrew Nəḥemya, Tiberian Hebrew Nəḥemyāh) is the central figure of the Book of Nehemiah, which …   Wikipedia