Personalities · 12 · Nehemiah

Nehemiah's pride

Nehemiah repeatedly asks God to remember 'all I have done for this people.' Readers have long found his self-praise irritating.

Vanity can serve a collective purpose.

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Whatever his personal motives, his larger aim was restoring collective Judean pride.

Bible reference: Nehemiah 5:19; 13:31

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 193

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