Is Nehemiah the son of queen Esther?

Answer 1

no he wasn't,he was the kings cup bearer when the war between the jews and the Persians ended people from both sides died many jews remained in Susa but others left and went back to Israel with the lead of Ezekiel who kept on preaching and then Nehemiah was in charge for the gate to be built by the Israelite in Jerusalem.

a a b

Answer 2

A:There is no record anywhere in the Persian records of a Queen Esther. The Book of Esther says that King Xerxes I married her soon after he divorced Vashti in the third year of his reign but historians say that King Xerxes was married to Queen Amestris at that very time and remained married to her for at least the next several years.

Biblical scholars say that the Book of Esther was a second-century-BCE Jewish novel, in which case, Esther was not really a Persian queen. Leonard J Greenspoon (The Oxford History of the Biblical World, Between Alexandria and Antioch: Jews and Judaism in the Hellenistic Period, 2001, p322) says that the author or compiler was not intent on relating actual events of the past, nor did he expect his audience to understand this work as historical.

Xerxes, the putative husband of Esther, reigned from 486 to 465 BCE, while Nehemiah was sent to Jerusalem in 445 BCE during the reign of Artaxerxes, by which time Xerxes was no longer king and Esther could no longer have been queen. Thus, on two separate grounds, Esther could not have been queen of Persia during the time of Nehemiah.

Answer:

Yes, biblically in the same general timeframe of the 5th Century B.C. Since The Bible claims to be a historic reference, the secular world has been unmerciful to its claim - making it 'guilty' until proven innocent so to speak. However, Archaeology has unearth many proofs of biblically historic names. In time, IMO, I believe we will have substantial proof to most all. At this moment, the tomb of Darius I (Great) in Persepolis, Iran has 3 other tombs there which many believe (but not verified as yet) to be that of Persian Kings Xerxes, Artaxerxes, and Darius II. Those of Xerxes (Ahasuerus in Scripture) relates to Esther and Artaxerxes relates to Nehemiah who was his cup bearer. And some believe Darius II was the child of Esther.

The famous and 'great' archaeologist William F. Albright wrote, "There can be no doubt that archaeology has confirmed the substantial historicity of Old Testament tradition" ( Archaeology and the Religions of Israel, 1969, p. 169).

Albright also stated: "The excessive skepticism shown toward the Bible by important historical schools of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries has been progressively discredited.Discovery after discovery has established the accuracy of innumerable details, and has brought increased recognition to the value of the Bible as a source of history" ( The Archaeology of Palestine, 1960, pp. 127-128).