The Cyrus Cylinder
The Persian repatriation policy behind the return from exile is documented in Cyrus's own words — the general policy, independently attested; the specific decree for Judah, only in the Bible.
Pinatunayan ng hukayInskripsiyonc. 539 BC
A clay barrel inscribed after Cyrus took Babylon, announcing his policy: restore the sanctuaries, and send displaced peoples home with their gods. Judah is not named on it — but the policy it states is precisely the one Ezra credits Cyrus with applying to the exiles from Jerusalem.
I returned the images of the gods to their sanctuaries… and I gathered all their inhabitants and returned to them their dwellings.
- Natagpuan
- Babylon, Iraq, 1879 — Hormuzd Rassam
- Nasa
- British Museum, London (BM 90920)
- Wika
- Akkadian
Gaano ito kalayo
The cylinder does not mention Jews, Judah or Jerusalem. It corroborates the policy and the king, not the specific decree — and saying otherwise is a common overreach.
Paano ito ginagamit ng mga istoryador
A major primary source for Achaemenid imperial policy, studied entirely apart from biblical questions.
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