Ezra the Scribe Identified as Nehemiah the Governor
by Damien F. Mackey The books of Ezra and Nehemiah, combined with information from the Maccabees, may necessitate a profound revision of Persian (and Greek) history. Tracing His Career Ezra 1-2 When Cyrus king of Persia issued his famous proclamation in his first year of rule (Ezra 1:1) - {in c. 539 BC, according to conventional dating} - then more than 42,000 exiles returned to Jerusalem (2:64), led by “Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah … Mordecai … (2:2). No mention here of Ezra ( qua Ezra). Now, according to my biblico-historical revision series so far of the era of this king Cyrus: Belshazzar’s Feast in the Book of Esther? https://www.academia.edu/5365514/Belshazzars_Feast_in_the_Book_of_Esther Is the Book of Esther a Real History? https://www.academia.edu/5176235/Is_the_Book_of_Esther_a_Real_Histor...