William Durand-Poor
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So what is Zoroastrianism?
In what sense is it monotheistic?
And is it an influence at this time?
The Israelites in Babylon are often actually in the court.
They're not in prison or kind of working on dams or building bridges.
And it's Cyrus, of course, that lets the Israelites go home.
Exactly.
And he's even referred to, possibly, according to some scholars, as the Messiah.
So Nebuchadnezzar is the baddie, Cyrus is the goodie.
Exactly.
It's not saying there aren't other gods.
It's saying that R1 is the really powerful big guy.
Well, that's where we're coming back to now.
So we're in our last home straight now.
So the Israelites have been in Babylon.
Cyrus has let them go.
Let my people go.
And they're back home now in Jerusalem.
squabbling slightly with the Israelites who've been left behind, who've still got all their old gods.
And there's a bit of knocking down of other people's temples and all that sort of stuff going down.