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Epilogue to Chronicles: The Proclamation of Cyrus
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And in the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, when the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah was fulfilled, the Lord roused the spirit of King Cyrus of Persia to issue a proclamation throughout his…

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Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Persian Period, Late 6th–4th Century BCE

Subjects:

Monarchy, Temple, Aliyah, Gentiles, Jerusalem
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Ruth
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In the days when the chieftains ruled, there was a famine in the land; and a man of Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the country of Moab. The man’s name…

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Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Persian Period, Late 6th–4th Century BCE

Subjects:

Conversion, Shavuot, Charity, Agriculture, Monarchy
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Cyrus’ Proclamation and Rebuilding the Temple
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In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, when the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah was fulfilled, the Lord roused the spirit of King Cyrus of Persia to issue a proclamation throughout…

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Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Persian Period, Late 6th–4th Century BCE

Subjects:

Monarchy, Temple, Diaspora, Sukkot, Sacrifice
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Koheleth’s Attempts to Find Meaning in Life
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I, Koheleth, was king in Jerusalem over Israel. I set my mind to study and to probe with wisdom all that happens under the sun.—An unhappy business, that, which God gave men to be…

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Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Persian–Hellenistic Period, 6th–3rd Century BCE

Subjects:

Wisdom, Monarchy, Economic life, Philosophy, Death

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Wisdom Literature
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