The Babylonian Exile, a traumatic and critical period in Jewish history, saw thousands of Jews deported to Babylon following the conquest of Judah by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II.During their ...

The book has seven chapters: 1. Introduction. 2. Cyrus: A Near Eastern King. 3. Cyrus’ Birth Stories. 4. Cyrus and the Medes. 5. Cyrus as Cosmic Warrior. 6. Cyrus: An Exemplary Death. 7. Conclusion.

The history of Iranian-Israeli relations shows how ancient alliances can turn into modern conflicts, but maybe now is the ...

Profile of a conqueror Cyrus the Great, whose Persian Empire stretched from Turkey to India in the sixth century B.C., is pictured in a headdress in this 19th-century A.D. engraving.