Nehemiah (The Jerusalem Bible): Book Discussion

(Book Review--The Bible, Religion, Reread, The Classics, Blogging the Canon) 

Part of my project to read through the Bible.  

(This is a reread.  I originally read this book in 7th grade.  But since this is my first time reviewing this book on this blog, according to my new rules, I'm doing this as a video only review.) 

Nehemiah (The Jerusalem Bible): Book Discussion

I explain about my background with the Bible and my reasons for doing this read-through in this blog post here: https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2022/01/the-book-of-genesis-from-jerusalem-bible.html

Here are links to some of the stuff mentioned in this video:

* My review of Introduction to the Old Testament by Christine Hayes: https://youtu.be/UFeqGtb3zAE

* My review of The Unauthorized Version: Truth and Fiction in the Bible by Robin Lane Fox: https://youtu.be/6PvZGsvXveo

* My review of The Bible Tells Me So by Peter Enns: https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-bible-tells-me-so-by-peter-enns.html

* Books of Ezra-Nehemiah Summary: A Complete Animated Overview by The Bible Project: https://youtu.be/MkETkRv9tG8?si=3waevOsjwx0aTGi9

* Nehemiah: Chapter-by-Chapter Commentary: https://youtu.be/-RUBc_erJpw?si=U-3z_9sCnS7lnf6z

The Youtube video from History Civilis that I mentioned is here:  https://youtu.be/PDvriMq6r6I?si=GJuQG-hpSknjbeKr

The key quote is "Debt abolition was a thing in the ancient world. It's complicated, but sometimes ancient societies would fall into a death financial spiral where an ever-growing number poor people would find themselves saddled with multi-generational debts. This was a growing problem in Rome at the time, and debt abolition was a crude but effective method of freeing these people so that they could be productive citizens again."

Although interestingly, the next sentence is: "The aristocracy, as the holders of the debts, came out against the bill and blocked it in the Senate."  This is very different than Nehemiah's experience.