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* ValuesDissonance: Nehemiah's obsession with Jewish purity rules can easily look far less sympathetic to modern readers than to the original audience, to the point of making him appear as a KnightTemplar. For example, one chapter has him triumphantly destroying the chapel Tobiah the Ammonite had built--who worships the same God, but Ammonites are an impure race according to Jewish law, so [[ReformedButRejected Nehemiah won't allow him to do that]]. He probably looks worst, however, when forcing the men [[MalignedMixedMarriage who had married local women]] [[ToiletSeatDivorce to divorce their wives]] [[IHaveNoSon and disown the resulting children]] in order to maintain [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything the purity of the community]].
* ValuesResonance: Even if Governor Nehemiah was a man of his time, some of his ideas can also look remarkably sympathetic to modern audiences--for example, forcing the rich bankers in the province to free his poorer citizens from the ruinous loans they had been caught in. This was technically not according to the law ([[KillThePoor which said poor people who couldn't pay should be enslaved]]), but many readers will probably think it was the right thing to do [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight even so.]]
* ValuesResonance: Even if Governor Nehemiah was a man of his time, some of his ideas can also look remarkably sympathetic to modern audiences--for example, forcing the rich bankers in the province to free his poorer citizens from the ruinous loans they had been caught in. This was technically not according to the law ([[KillThePoor which said poor people who couldn't pay should be enslaved]]), but many readers will probably think it was the right thing to do [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight even so.]]
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* ValuesDissonance: Nehemiah's obsession with Jewish purity rules can easily look far less sympathetic to modern readers than to the original audience, to the point of making him appear as a KnightTemplar. For example, one chapter has him triumphantly destroying the chapel Tobiah the Ammonite had built--who worships the same God, but Ammonites are an impure race according to Jewish law, so [[ReformedButRejected Nehemiah won't allow him to do that]]. He probably looks worst, however, when forcing the men [[MalignedMixedMarriage who had married local women]] [[ToiletSeatDivorce to divorce their wives]] [[IHaveNoSon and disown the resulting children]] in order to maintain [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything the purity of the community]].
community]]. This was done to guard against the idolatry that got them sent into exile, not for any sense of pure ethnic superiority.
* ValuesResonance: Even if Governor Nehemiah was a man of his time, some of his ideas can also look remarkably sympathetic to modern audiences--for example, forcing the rich bankers in the province to free his poorer citizens from the ruinous loans they had been caught in. This was technically not according to the law ([[KillThePoor which said poor people who couldn't payshould could be enslaved]]), slaves/servants]]), but many readers will probably think it was the right thing to do [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight even so.]]
* ValuesResonance: Even if Governor Nehemiah was a man of his time, some of his ideas can also look remarkably sympathetic to modern audiences--for example, forcing the rich bankers in the province to free his poorer citizens from the ruinous loans they had been caught in. This was technically not according to the law ([[KillThePoor which said poor people who couldn't pay
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* ValuesDissonance: Nehemiah's obsession with Jewish purity rules can easily look far less sympathetic to modern readers than to the original audience, to the point of making him appear as a KnightTemplar. For example, one chapter has him triumphantly destroying the chapel Tobiah the Ammonite had built--who worships the same God, but Ammonites are an impure race according to Jewish law, so [[ReformedButRejected Nehemiah won't allow him to do that]]. He probably looks worst, however, when forcing the men [[MalignedMixedMarriage who had married local women]] to disown and kick out their wives [[WouldHurtAChild and children]] in order to maintain [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything the purity of the community]].
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* ValuesDissonance: Nehemiah's obsession with Jewish purity rules can easily look far less sympathetic to modern readers than to the original audience, to the point of making him appear as a KnightTemplar. For example, one chapter has him triumphantly destroying the chapel Tobiah the Ammonite had built--who worships the same God, but Ammonites are an impure race according to Jewish law, so [[ReformedButRejected Nehemiah won't allow him to do that]]. He probably looks worst, however, when forcing the men [[MalignedMixedMarriage who had married local women]] [[ToiletSeatDivorce to divorce their wives]] [[IHaveNoSon and disown and kick out their wives [[WouldHurtAChild and the resulting children]] in order to maintain [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything the purity of the community]].
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* ValuesResonance: Even if Governor Nehemiah was a man of his time, some of his ideas can also look remarkably sympathetic to modern audiences--for example, forcing the rich bankers in the province to free his poorer citizens from the ruinous loans they had been caught in. This was technically not according to the law ([[KillThePoor which said poor people who couldn't pay should be enslaved]]), but many readers will probably think it was certainly the right thing to do [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight even so.]]
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* ValuesResonance: Even if Governor Nehemiah was a man of his time, some of his ideas can also look remarkably sympathetic to modern audiences--for example, forcing the rich bankers in the province to free his poorer citizens from the ruinous loans they had been caught in. This was technically not according to the law ([[KillThePoor which said poor people who couldn't pay should be enslaved]]), but many readers will probably think it was certainly the right thing to do [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight even so.]]
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* ValuesResonance: Even if Governor Nehemiah was a man of his time, some of his ideas can also look remarkably sympathetic to modern audiences--for example, forcing the rich bankers in the province to free his poorer citizens from the ruinous loans they had been caught in. This was technically not according to the law ([[KillThePoor which said poor people who couldn't pay should be enslaved]]), but many readers will probably think [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight it was certainly the right thing to do even so.]]
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* ValuesResonance: Even if Governor Nehemiah was a man of his time, some of his ideas can also look remarkably sympathetic to modern audiences--for example, forcing the rich bankers in the province to free his poorer citizens from the ruinous loans they had been caught in. This was technically not according to the law ([[KillThePoor which said poor people who couldn't pay should be enslaved]]), but many readers will probably think [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight it was certainly the right thing to do [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight even so.]]
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* ValuesDissonance: Nehemiah's obsession with Jewish purity rules can easily look far less sympathetic to modern readers than to the original audience, to the point of making him appear as a KnightTemplar. For example, one chapter has him triumphantly destroying the chapel Tobiah the Ammonite had built--who worships the same God, but Ammonites are an impure race according to Jewish law, so [[ReformedButRejected Nehemiah won't allow him to do that]]. He probably looks worst, however, when forcing the men [[MalignedMixedMarriage who had married local women]] to disown and kick out their wives [[WouldHurtAChild and children]] in order to maintain [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything the purity of the community]].
* ValuesResonance: Even if Governor Nehemiah was a man of his time, some of his ideas can also look remarkably sympathetic to modern audiences--for example, forcing the rich bankers in the province to free his poorer citizens from the ruinous loans they had been caught in. This was technically not according to the law ([[KillThePoor which said poor people who couldn't pay should be enslaved]]), but many readers will probably think [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight it was certainly the right thing to do even so.]]
* ValuesResonance: Even if Governor Nehemiah was a man of his time, some of his ideas can also look remarkably sympathetic to modern audiences--for example, forcing the rich bankers in the province to free his poorer citizens from the ruinous loans they had been caught in. This was technically not according to the law ([[KillThePoor which said poor people who couldn't pay should be enslaved]]), but many readers will probably think [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight it was certainly the right thing to do even so.]]
