NEHEMIAH: Learning to Lead

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NEHEMIAHLearning to Lead

• Outline and Historical Background

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Outline

• 21 April- The Leader and Opposition, Part 3,
  61-773
• 28 April- The Leader and His Nation, Part 1,
  773-818
• 5 May- The Leader and His Nation, Part 2, 91-37
• 12 May- The Leader and His Nation, Part 3,
  938-1039
• 19 May- The Leader and His Community, 111-1226
• 26 May- The Leader and His Church

• 3 March- Outline and Historical Background
• 10 March- The Leader and God, 1
• 17 March- The Leader and His Superiors, 21-8
• 24 March- The Leader and His Subordinates, 29-20
• 31 March- The Leader and His Mission, 3
• 7 April- The Leader and Opposition, Part 1, 4
• 14 April- The Leader and Opposition, Part 2, 5

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General Background

• Authorship probably written by the Chronicler
• Chronicles written 450-425 B.C.
• Some say Ezra was the Chronicler
• Certainly Ezra and Nehemiah provided sources for
  the Chronicler

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General Background

• Date of Writing After 420 B.C., Nehemiah
  1226,47
• Ezra (78) arrived in Jerusalem 7th year of
  Artaxerxes (began rule in 465 B.C.)- 458 B.C.
• Nehemiah came in 20th year of rule (11), thus
  445 B.C. for start of book
• Elephantine Papyri notes sons of Sanballat were
  governors of Samaria in 408 B.C. (see Neh. 41
  for cross reference)

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General Background

• Theme Rebuilding the Walls
• Major Sub-themes
• Gods Covenant
• Purity of Worship
• Faithfulness in Adversity
• Major Teaching Point for this Study
  Characteristics of Good Leadership

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Why Nehemiah?
Ninevah
Assur
Akkad
Susa
Sumer
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ANE Timeline
Babylon Periods Early Dynastic 2800-2360 Old
Akkadian 2360-2180 Gutian/Sumerian 2180-1960
Egypt Predynastic 5000-2900 Protodynastic
2900-2700
ANE POWERS
8000-4500 B.C. Neolithic Age
4000-3000 B.C. Chalcolithic Age
3000-2000 B.C. Early Bronze Age
ISRAEL/JUDAH