Ezra–Nehemiah

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Deuteronomistic history tradition work Hebrew Bible book Old Testament book biblical book historical narrative

Ezra–Nehemiah is a biblical work that narrates the return of the Jewish exiles from Babylon, the rebuilding of the Jerusalem temple and walls, and the community’s religious and social reforms.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Book of Nehemiah 9
Book of Ezra 7
Ezra 7

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Deuteronomistic history tradition work ⓘ
Hebrew Bible book ⓘ
Old Testament book ⓘ
biblical book ⓘ
historical narrative ⓘ
associatedWith Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
canonicalStatus part of Christian Old Testament ⓘ
part of Jewish Tanakh ⓘ
focusesOn public reading of the Torah ⓘ
rebuilding of Jerusalem’s city wall ⓘ
rebuilding of the Second Temple ⓘ
reorganization of the community ⓘ
separation from foreign marriages ⓘ
genre post-exilic history ⓘ
hasPart Ezra–Nehemiah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Book of Ezra

Ezra–Nehemiah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Book of Nehemiah
language Aramaic ⓘ
surface form: Biblical Aramaic

Hebrew ⓘ
surface form: Biblical Hebrew
literaryFeature first-person memoir sections ⓘ
lists and genealogies ⓘ
official letters and decrees ⓘ
prayers and confessions ⓘ
mainCharacter Artaxerxes I of Persia ⓘ
Cyrus the Great ⓘ
Darius I of Persia ⓘ
Ezra–Nehemiah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ezra

Joshua son of Jehozadak ⓘ
surface form: Jeshua son of Jozadak

Nehemiah ⓘ
Zerubbabel ⓘ
mainTheme Torah observance ⓘ
community identity ⓘ
covenant renewal ⓘ
rebuilding of the Jerusalem temple ⓘ
rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem ⓘ
religious reforms ⓘ
return of Jewish exiles from Babylon ⓘ
social reforms ⓘ
positionInCanon Historical Books (Christian canon) ⓘ
Ketuvim ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
setting Babylon ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
surface form: Persian Empire

Judea ⓘ
surface form: Yehud province
textualTradition often divided into Ezra and Nehemiah in Christian Bibles ⓘ
treated as a single book in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
timeOfNarrative 5th century BCE ⓘ
6th century BCE ⓘ
Persian period ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

scribes of Judah → associatedWith → Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deuteronomistic history
Nehemiah → bookNamedAfter → Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Nehemiah
Ketuvim → containsBook → Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ
Writings → containsBook → Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ
Return to Zion → documentedIn → Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Ezra
Return to Zion → documentedIn → Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Nehemiah
Ezra Pound → givenName → Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ezra
Ezra–Nehemiah → hasPart → Ezra–Nehemiah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Ezra
Ezra–Nehemiah → hasPart → Ezra–Nehemiah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Nehemiah
Eastern Orthodox canon → includesBook → Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1 Esdras
this entity surface form: Ezra
Ezra–Nehemiah → mainCharacter → Ezra–Nehemiah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ezra
Artaxerxes I of Persia → mentionedIn → Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Ezra
Artaxerxes I of Persia → mentionedIn → Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Nehemiah
Joshua son of Jehozadak → mentionedIn → Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Ezra
Joshua son of Jehozadak → mentionedIn → Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Nehemiah
Nehemiah → mentionedIn → Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Nehemiah
Parting of the Sea of Reeds → mentionedIn → Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nehemiah 9
Susa → mentionedIn → Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Nehemiah
Zerubbabel → mentionedIn → Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Ezra
Zerubbabel → mentionedIn → Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Nehemiah
1 Esdras → parallels → Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ezra
1 Esdras → relatedWork → Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Nehemiah
Return to Zion → significantEvent → Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nehemiah’s rebuilding of Jerusalem’s walls
Return to Zion → significantFigure → Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ezra
Babylonian exile → significantText → Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ
Nehemiah → sourceText → Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Nehemiah in the Hebrew Bible
Perizzites → sourceText → Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Ezra
Chronicles → traditionalAuthor → Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ezra
this entity surface form: Ezra
Ketuvim → traditionalJewishOrder → Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ
Aramaic → usedIn → Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Ezra