מיקומו ותוכנו של סיפור הרפורמה החברתית-כלכלית של נחמיה (נחמ' ה 1-13)

‘Nehemiah’s Memoir’ is a literary unit in which Nehemiah depicts his experiences and actions in Shushan and later in Yehud. The first division of those memoirs (1:1–7:5) deals primarily with the reconstruction of the ruined wall of Jerusalem. In the middle of this division, however, without any apparent connection to the context, the author inserted the story of Nehemiah's socio-economic reform. In the present article, an attempt is made to explain the story’s location while considering the sequence of stories about the reconstruction of the Jerusalem wall. In addition, an attempt was made to understand the form and content of the people’s complaints that led to the reform and Nehemiah’s response to them.