Talk:Cyrus the Great in the Bible

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)

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The so-called "Kurash Prism" is nothing else than an outdated translation of the Cyrus Cylinder.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)

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)

"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)

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