Exam 11: The Historians of Exile and Return: Ezra, Nehemiah, and Beyond

Zerubbabel's official title was

The Greek rulers who controlled Egypt after Alexander the Great were known as the

__________ is the archaeological find in which Babylon's conqueror indicates how he conquered the city with the help of Marduk.

The Greek rulers of Syria after the conquest of Alexander were known as the

How do Ezra and Nehemiah make use of earlier biblical texts? What parallels are there, and why are they important?

The time gap between the rebuilding of the temple (Ezra 6) and Ezra's journey to Judah (Ezra 7) is

When Alexander the Great died in 323 B.C.E., he left no heir.

All Old Testament books are written entirely in Hebrew.

The primary source that recounts the return of Judah from Babylon is

It takes Nehemiah and his workers approximately __________ to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem?

During most of the third century B.C.E., Judea was controlled by the

The leader of the first return to the land of Judah narrated in Ezra was

Why was intermarriage such a serious issue for Ezra and Nehemiah? What precedents did they have for prohibiting intermarriage?

Throughout the Persian period, Judea had been governed primarily by

The Babylonians were defeated by the

Postexilic Jerusalem's population was apparently much smaller than in the early sixth century.

The chronologies in Ezra and Nehemiah are often problematic.

The ruler who conquered Babylon was

All of the following are primary concerns for Ezra except

Details about life in postexilic Judah are difficult to verify. What do our sources tell us about life in this period? How was Judah organized and governed?