The first clear trace of the triple choir is therefore in Neh.
The " bastard " (mixed race) of Ashdod reminds us of Neh.
But this was a modification of the Deuteronomic law naturally called for under the circumstances of the return from Babylon, and Neh.
By the Jews 2 the introduction of Targums is ascribed to Ezra; but this tradition, which probably owes its origin to the Talmudic explanation of Neh.
That the Jews themselves recognized no real separation is shown by the fact that no Massoretic notes are found after Ezra x., but at the end of Nehemiah the contents of both are reckoned together, and it is stated that Neh.
