Neemias 5,1-5: as relações de poder entre os povos autóctones e os exilados no pós-exílio

Abstract

Would the Persian empire's conquest trajectories over Juda's province, along with the liberation process of the exiled and Nehemiah's sending as the province's governor, have aggravated or caused the socioeconomic crisis over the autochthonous people groups that would have stayed during the exile times? We have as a hypothesis that that time is evidenced by the persecution of marginalized people groups, in which a great part of the group depended on the cultivation of the land, that was taken or sold as an intent of paying the high taxes (Ne 5,3-4). Nehemiah's reforms would not have changed the different forms of oppression, since the most underprivileged groups were bound to divide themselves and move searching for a better life (Ne 7,4). In this regard, we have set as our purpose to substantiate the development of Nehemiah's restoration, highlighting ethnical, religious, and cultural pluralities accentuated by the return of the exiled and autochthonous people groups. As a research guide, we used bibliographic analysis as the investigative method, by working with books and scientific articles, anchoring ourselves in the contribution of different authors. With the process of Nehemiah's quest, we have clearance about the inhumane and perverse social situation of the Jewish community, which displays the internal oppression of the underprivileged communities in addition to the opposition ideologies relating to foreigner people groups due to the concerns on the excessive tradition preservations and Israel's Alliance with YHWH