TERM 1
Chronicler
DEFINITION 1
Writer of the books of Chronicles; generally considered to be
a later interpreter of the history of Judah.
TERM 2
Cyrus
DEFINITION 2
(550-530) Persian monarch, also called Cyrus the Great and
Cyrus II, who founded the Medo-Persian empire in the sixth
century BCE and allowed the Judean refugees to return to
their homeland after the Babylonian exile.
TERM 3
Ezra
DEFINITION 3
A priest and teacher of the Torah; he led a group of Jewish
refugees back to Judea from Babylonia in the fifth century
BCE
TERM 4
Jeshua
DEFINITION 4
Another spelling of Joshua; Jeshua was the high priest of
Judea in the sixth century BCE during the time of Zerubbabel,
Haggai, and Zechariah.
TERM 5
Joshua
DEFINITION 5
Moses' aide during the wilderness sojourn; after the death of
Moses he led the Hebrews into the Promised Land; another
figure was called Joshua (sometimes spelled Jeshua), the high
priest of the Jerusalem community that rebuilt the temple.
See also Jeshua.
