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By analyzing the elements of narrative and the historical background of Ezra and Nehemiah, Israel Loken explains how and why God’s people rebuilt Jerusalem and changed their way of worship. Loken examines the views of other scholars before drawing persuasive conclusions about what convinced God’s people to follow Him, once again, with their entire beings. Loken then tells us what the characters...

The book of Nehemiah records the final events, chronologically speaking, of the OT. The walls of Jerusalem have lain in ruins for almost a century and a half (586–444 B.C.). The failure of the Jews to rebuild the city of Jerusalem became a source of great distress and reproach to the returned remnant. The situation caused great distress because the Jews who had returned to the city were vulnerable to attack from their enemies. The situation caused great reproach because it showed
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