| Nehemiah 1 | |
|---|---|
← Ezra 10 | |
 Hebrew Bible, MS Sassoon 1053, images 485-513 (Ezra-Nehemiah). | |
| Book | Book of Nehemiah |
| Category | Ketuvim |
| Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 16 |
Nehemiah 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Nehemiah in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible,[1] or the 11th 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 describes Nehemiah's position in the Persian court and his piety.[5]
- ^ Halley 1965, p. 235.
- ^ Grabbe 2003, p. 313.
- ^ Babylonian Talmud Baba Bathra 15a, apud Fensham 1982, p. 2
- ^ Fensham 1982, pp. 2–4.
- ^ Grabbe 2003, p. 321.