| Nehemiah 12 | |
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_(14576777009).jpg) Map of Jerusalem in Nehemiah's time. The Student's Old Testament (1904) by Charles Foster Kent (1867-1925) | |
| Book | Book of Nehemiah |
| Category | Ketuvim |
| Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 16 |
Nehemiah 12 is the twelfth chapter of the Book of Nehemiah in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible,[1] or the 22nd chapter of the book of Ezra-Nehemiah in the Hebrew Bible, which treats the book of Ezra and the book of Nehemiah as one book.[2] Jewish tradition states that Ezra is the author of Ezra-Nehemiah as well as the Book of Chronicles,[3] but modern scholars generally accept that a compiler from the 5th century BCE (the so-called "Chronicler") is the final author of these books.[4] This chapter recounts the lineage of the priests and Levites and describes the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem, whose construction has been a primary concern since the beginning of the book.[5]
- ^ Halley 1965, p. 236.
- ^ Grabbe 2003, p. 313.
- ^ Babylonian Talmud Baba Bathra 15a, apud Fensham 1982, p. 2
- ^ Fensham 1982, pp. 2–4.
- ^ Grabbe 2003, p. 326.