In relation to the historical background of Nehemiah, in Thru the Bible with J. Vernon McGee. By J. Vernon McGee, it states that Nehemiah returned to Jerusalem “‘in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king.’” The socio, on the other hand from The Oxford Bible Commentary, with editors John Barton and John Muddiman, the exiles were under military power.
The literary structure of Nehemiah is a chiastic structure, as it has according to Mark A. Thorntveit’s Ezra-Nehemiah Interpretation a Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching book, shows the story following an ABXBA structure with the climax of “opposition” meaning the people who live around the ruined Jerusalem did not like that the exiles came back and were building the wall again. The big idea of this story according to Thorntveit is “the narrative is carefully structured in five sections whose main theme is to record four reports of the destruction of Jerusalem as a reproach against God and the various responses made to those reports.” As the quote says the focus of the story of Nehemiah is the “destruction of Jerusalem” (Thorntveit, 62). The need to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem was more of a symbolic building, according to Editor Marco Conti in Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture Old Testament V, 1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, the wall was rebuilt because “the devil has free entry into the church, as through the walls of a ruined city.” In the Oxford Commentary, the wall was a sign of “social and political symbolism.” The rebuilding of the wall was significant because the Jews felt like they had to rebuild Jerusalem and to do that they would also need to rebuild the wall that was destroyed when Jerusalem was invaded, and the Jewish people were taken into their exile, for safety. According to David Brisben, author of the book Introduction to Old Testament, the Jews rebuilt the wall for safety. Everyone wants to feel safe in the city they live in, today we have police officers and laws. Back then all they had was an army (the strength of the army depended on the strength of the leader of the kingdom), and walls, so walls were very important to the people of the Biblical times. In relation to the challenges that attempted
After enduring the seizing of their Kingdom and the burning of their Temple and homes, most of the Israelites were exiled from their homes. Consequently, it would take them fifty years to return to their first real home of worship.
The Book of Nehemiah is narrative that continues the history of the Israelites after they return from exile. Nehemiah prays to God about Jerusalem and God’s promises. Nehemiah is sent from Babylon to Jerusalem where he inspects Jerusalem’s walls. Different sections were rebuilt by different groups of people. Through prayer, they were able to complete the rebuilding even when there was opposition. Nehemiah helped the poor by summoning the priests to make the nobles and officials take an oath to follow God’s law. A genealogical record is listed of the exiles who returned. Ezra read The Book of the Law to the Israelites. The Israelites prayed to God and confessed their sins and signed the Law of God. The Levites were brought to
Nehemiah and Ezra were instrumental in trying to persuade the people back to the teachings of God. “God’s work demands all that we have, and sometimes challenges us to go beyond what we think we are capable of doing” (Arnold & Beyer, 2008, p. 266).They uplifted their spirits by providing them the covenant laws of Moses and helping them rebuild the temple. “Now the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the
To begin, the wall provided more security for China. In other words, the wall was used as a shield. The wall was about 4,000 miles long acting as a barrier against the Xiongnu to the north (Doc.A). It appears that the wall was built so the sides of the wall would
Many people have embraced the wall and military veterans see the wall as close to Mecca and the western wall of Jerusalem. Ross who didn’t like the design and wanted changes said he loves the wall after
The Great Wall was built by the Han and the Qin. The reason why the Han and Qin built the wall was to increase security, impress visitors, and enhance the glory of China, also to keep out the mongols. The benefits of building the Great Wall did outweigh the cost. According to Document A, the benefits of building a wall did outweigh the cost, due to the Great Wall was keeping the Xiongnu out from invasion and other enemies at night. The cost of The Great Wall was no fewer than one thousand households were designed to hold. Due to Document A, the benefits outweighed the cost because the Wall helped keep the mongols from getting over the wall and attacking. This indicates that The Great Wall became successful from getting attacked. As stated in
The fact that the wall is still able to be found and that we are learning about the lives of the people in ancient times as well as their abilities to overcome great challenges should inspire those of today to dream big and accept the help of others to meet those challenges. So the wall was both defensive thanks to the military and a project not only for the Roman soldiers, but for the local populations and as they worked together the wall became more than a simple place but a home and a place for everyone to have pride
The Wall was built because of a long lasting suspicion among the Soviet Union on one side and Western Europe and the United States on the other. Once World War II was over, these Allies no longer had a common purpose to hold them together. Their differences became less hidden and more irreconcilable. The Western Allies quickly realized they couldn't "kick a dog when its already down", and that Germany was in desperate need of help." Therefore, the Allies' aim was to rebuild Germany's economy. The Soviet Union disagreed with this plan immensely, and instead they became busy with setting up Communist
The Berlin Wall is a historical symbol of the Cold War and the fall of the Berlin Wall is a symbol of the end of the Cold War. And also, the Berlin Wall played a great role in the life of millions of people and defined the fate of German people, which put them apart by the Wall for a long period of time. Sixteen years after the end of World War II, the communist government of East Germany began building a wall on (August 13, 1961), that would divide the city of Berlin into East Berlin and West Berlin. The purpose was to keep fascists from entering East Germany, but mostly to keep West German citizens, primarily people of valuable professions such as doctors, teachers and engineers, from Changing side to the West. People of Berlin Called the wall Schandmaur, which actually means " The wall of shame". Over the years of the wall being constructed it took at least 3x times to rebuild it, but each time bigger than the last one.
Why was this wall even put up? Well, this was built to keep antifascist from entering East Germany. Germany was divided by this wall and sadly taken over by Soviet control. This means it was under communist leadership. During this Reagan challenged Gorbachev to tear down the wall. He gave the answer to how and why Gorbachev should tear down the wall in his famous speech.
The romans had destroyed it, but what remains of the wall has become a very holy and sacred place in today's society. Many people of the Jewish faith visit the wall so that they can pray, and even meditate in peace. It is significant to the Jewish because of the background history. God had promised Abraham that the Jewish
It was the Ming Emperors, who restored the buildings of the Wall after ending the conflicts with invaders. During the Ming Dynasty, the wall was reconstructed, repaired and rebuilt, and new sections were also added. "Many dynasties reigned over China during this almost 2000 year project," and the final major renovations were done during the Ming Dynasty (par.3). The time needed to complete the Great Wall is much longer than that used to build the pyramids.
The Hebrew word Nephesh occurs 754x throughout the Old Testament, Psalms use 144x, three times of verb form (to exhale), and the plural form of Nephesh occurs fifty tiems. Though, KJV translates the term as life 280x, personality 220x, throat thirty-three times, and neck four times, the standard gloss is soul/life. A verb form of Nephesh “to exhale” (Exod. 23:12; 31:17; 2 Kings 16:14) shows that this word is closely related to “living-being.” Moreover, the expression hayyâ “alive” (Gen. 2:7) indicates that it is being used to describe people or animals. Furthermore, when Nephesh being used as subject of qatsar “to be short” (Num. 21:4; Judg. 10:16, 16:16; Zech. 11:8) and showb “to restore, revive”
In chapter 12 of our text book we focus on what is team process and communication methods that involve teams. According to our text, team process is the different type of communication, activities, and interactions that occur within a teams that contribute to the team end goals (Colquitt, et al). Team process includes interactions among group members that occur with their behavior, as well as their feeling and thoughts that will coalesce with the different member interactions. Some key points in team process is process gain and process loss. Process gain means getting more then what you expected from the group while process loss is when you get less from the team then you would expect based on the capabilities from your individual group members.
The book of Nehemiah is about the physical and spiritual restoration in Jerusalem. Nehemiah is viewed as one of the great leaders in the Old Testament. He led a group of Jews to rebuild the walls in Jerusalem. He shows his leadership through his prayers, sensitivity, boldness, and many other characteristics.