*Biblical book. The Book of Nehemiah was perceived as the second part of the Book of *Ezra by the rabbis. It describes the rebuilding of the walls of *Jerusalem, the renewal of the *covenant under Ezra and Nehemiah’s own reforms. (See also EZRA,...

The Book of Nehemiah is a book of the Hebrew Bible, known to Jews as the Tanach and to Christians as the Old Testament. It is historically regarded as a continuation of the Book of Ezra, and is sometimes called the second book of Ezra.[1] Traditionally,...