Chapter XLIII: Section C: Nehemiah's Work in Rebuilding the Walls of Jerusalem

GENERAL QUESTIONS: 1. What is the historical value of Nehemiah's memoirs? 2. In what way was he informed of conditions in Jerusalem? 3. How did he secure permission to go to Jerusalem? 4. Describe the obstacles that there confronted him. 5. His plan of work. 6. His diplomacy in dealing with his opponents. 7. The task of rebuilding the walls. 8. Their dedication. 9. The significance of the rebuilding of the walls.

SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. Contemporary events in Greek history. Goodspeed, _Anc. Hist._, 141-72; Bury, _Hist, of Greece_, 336-75; Botsford, _Hist, of Greece_, 151-85. 2. The topography of Jerusalem. Kent, _Sib. Geog. and Hist._, 64-72; Smith, _Jerusalem_, I, I-249; Hastings, _D.B._, II, 591-6. 3. Recent excavations at Jerusalem. _Jerusalem Vol. of P. E. F. Memoirs_; Bliss and Dickey, _Excavations at Jerusalem_; Smith, _Jerusalem_, I.