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Author : George Rawlinson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330402184
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Ezra and Nehemiah written by George Rawlinson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Ezra and Nehemiah: Their Lives and Times The lives of Ezra and Nehemiah are known to Us, almost wholly, from the Books that bear their names. A few notices in Josephus, a few Rabbinical traditions, are all that can be added to the accounts given in Holy Scripture. Their times, however, receive considerable illustration from recent researches into the ancient history of Persia. Such copiously illustrated works as Ker Porter's "Travels," Rich's "Babylon and Persepolis," Baron Texier's "Description de I'Arménie, de la Perseet de la Mésopotamie," and the "Voyage en Perse" of M M. Flandin and Coste, throw a flood of light on the character of the Persian Court, the magnificence of the Royal palaces, and the manners and customs of the governing classes under the early Persian kings. Loftus's "Chaldsea and Susiana" contains a special monograph on the great Persian capital, Susa, which accurately describes its situation, and its probable appearance in the days of Nehemiah and Ezra. The notices in classical authors, as Herodotus, Ctesias, Xenophon, Arrian, Athenæus add occasional touches, and help towards a reproduction of the scenes in which were passed the early lives of the two great Reformers. Josephus adds very little to the information contained in Scripture, and the Rabbinical traditions are neither copious, nor wholly trustworthy. In this deficiency of ancient authorities, modern writers demand an unusual share of our attention. The articles on "Ezra" and "Nehemiah" in Winer's "Realworterbuch," in Kitto's "Cyclopædia," and in Dr. Smith's "Dictionary of the Bible," are of great weight and importance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.