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with maximalists viewing it as a historical account and minimalists doubting whether Nehemiah existed.

Summary

The events take place in the second half of the 5th century BC. Listed together with the Book of Ezra as Ezra-Nehemiah, it represents the final chapter in the historical narrative of the Hebrew Bible.

The original core of the book, the first-person memoir, may have been combined with

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