This is the depiction on an artifact called the Zvenigorodsky Seal of King Artaxerxes I defeating an enemy. Artaxerxes ruled the Achaemenid Empire from 465 to 424 B.C. (Courtesy Photo) Known as “The ...

To be compared to Cyrus, who helped Jews rebuild the temple in Jerusalem, is no small thing. As their last living hostages returned home from Gaza after two years of war, Israelis gave visiting ...

When generations really count : dating Zerubbabel and Nehemiah using genealogical information in the Book of Nehemiah -- What's in a date? : the unreliable nature of the dates in Haggai and Zechariah ...