PASTORAL MESSAGES (Page 65)

PASTORAL MESSAGES (Page 65)

NEHEMIAH

By Not Known The Septuagint (the translation of the Hebrew Scripture into Koine Greek began by the 3rd century BC and was completed by 132 BC) speculates Nehemiah to be a eunuch (eunochos) rather than a cupbearer (oinochoos) to the Persian King Artaxerxes (Nehemiah 1:11c).  According to the Torah, no eunuch shall be admitted to the assembly of the Lord and so some…