Excerpt from The Composition and Historical Value of Ezra-Nehemiah Ch. 2, which contains the list of those who came up from Babylon with Zerubbabel, has been generally left out of the discussion, because of the prevailing belief that it was either borrowed fromneh. 7, or else, like the correspond ing portion of that chapter, taken from the older source that seems to be mentioned there (vs. I think it will not be difficult to show that this chapter also, like the preceding and following, is from the hand of the Chronicler. Obviously, the argument should begin with an examination of the passage in its context in the book of Nehemiah. As this can be done better in connection with the in vestigation of that book, and as some facts having an important bearing on the question will come to light in course of the study of the Ezra narrative, I will reserve the discussion until Neh. 7 is reached. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.