<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The Book of Nehemiah has been, since the 16th century, a separate book of the Hebrew Bible . Before that date, it had been included in the Book of Ezra; but in Latin Christian bibles from the 13th century onwards, the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah become separated; a separation that became canonised with the first printed bibles in Hebrew and Latin . Told largely in the form of a first - person memoir, it concerns the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem by Nehemiah, a Jew who is a high official at the Persian court, and the dedication of the city and its people to God's laws (Torah). </P> <P> The events take place in the second half of the 5th century BCE . Listed together with the Book of Ezra as Ezra - Nehemiah, it represents the final chapter in the historical narrative of the Hebrew Bible . </P> <P> The original core of the book, the first - person memoir, may have been combined with the core of the Book of Ezra around 400 BC . Further editing probably continued into the Hellenistic era . </P>

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