Talk:Cyrus the Great in the Bible

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Herodotus

What is the purpose of the Herodotus sentence? Herotodus was not really contemporary, and he had no reason to concern himself in particular with the tiny Persian sub-province of Yahud. I'd also be interested to know who the other historians allegedly "of the time" were... AnonMoos 22:12, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Removed references to the "Kurash Prism"

The so-called "Kurash Prism" is nothing else than an outdated translation of the Cyrus Cylinder. You can compare it with lines 20-23 and 30-33 of this translation. Amizzoni (talk) 00:31, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Giant Note (Whiston quote)

That is one big-ass reference. It's like half the article. I'm just saying. -- 14:09, 27 September 2007‎ 129.115.102.13

"Cyrus a follower of Zoroaster...would feel a kindred spirit with the monotheistic Jews"

This is semi-anachronistic and not too probable on several grounds. AnonMoos (talk) 08:17, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"the serious chronological difficulties...that the Jews returned during the reign of Cyrus"

Not sure what those are. If you parse Ezra-Nehemiah, there were actually several return expeditions. Those which accomplished most of the work of re-establishing the temple and creating a viable Jewish community in Judea under reform-minded priests and scribes were actually not under the reign of Cyrus... AnonMoos (talk) 08:17, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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