BTS Final Exam 4 Questions & Answers 2024/2025
Ezra and Nehemiah=contemporaneous reformers of the postexilic period: - ANSWERSThey had complementary ministries in Jerusalem of both a physical and spiritual nature.
Ezra= a priest and scribe - ANSWERSheld a position akin to secretary or couns...
Ezra and Nehemiah=contemporaneous reformers of the postexilic period: - ANSWERSThey had
complementary ministries in Jerusalem of both a physical and spiritual nature.
Ezra= a priest and scribe - ANSWERSheld a position akin to secretary or counsel to Jewish affairs in
Persian royal cabinet.
Nehemiah - ANSWERSa cupbearer to the king
Came from Jerusalem to Persia during the reign of king Artaxerxes - ANSWERSBoth were members of
some standing in Persian royal circles. Prayerful zeal for the plight of the restoration community in
Jerusalem motivated both men to journey to Palestine from Persia.
Ezra and Nehemiah=single book in the Hebrew bible - ANSWERSAlong with other historical book like
Samuel Kings and Chronicles it was divided into two books in the Septuagint.
Majority view of Scholars: The Chronicler also compiled Ezra and Nehemiah - ANSWERSEzra and
Nehemiah actually compromise the second volume of a two part work by the Chronicler that presents a
theological interpretation of Hebrew history.
The book probably completed around 400 B.C - ANSWERSThe actual composition of the books Ezra-
Nehemiah occurred in stages and was probably completed around 400 B.C.
Sections of Ezra written in Aramaic - ANSWERSEzra is one of the two Old Testament books containing
substantial sections written in the Aramaic language and not the Hebrew language.
Aramaic=language of international trade in Persian period - ANSWERSBy the Persian period, Aramaic was
the language of international trade, making it difficult to determine the place of writing for the memoir
sources of Ezra and Nehemiah.
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