Dynamics of the New Exodus in the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah
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https://doi.org/10.12775/BPTh.2024.024Keywords
narrative analysis, book of Ezra, book of Nehemiah, Babylonian exile, post-exile JudahAbstract
The author analyses the theme of the new exodus in Ezra and Nehemiah from a narrative perspective. After showing the state of research in this area, the author analyses the place of the new exodus motif in the plot of the two books in order to verify to what extent it constitutes the narrative model used in them. In doing so, it will be examined, how the narrative of the new exodus in Ezra and Nehemiah serves to construct a specific narrative identity of the post-exile community of Israel.
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