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Among the classical Jewish sources, besides the biblical account, Josephus mentions that Cyrus freed the Jews from captivity and helped rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem. He also wrote to the other rulers and governors of the region, instructing them to contribute to the project. A letter from Cyrus to the Jewish people is described by Josephus: [11]
The biblical Book of Ezra includes two texts said to be decrees of Cyrus the Great allowing the deported Jews to return to their homeland after decades and ordering the Temple rebuilt. The differences in content and tone of the two decrees, one in Hebrew and one in Aramaic, have caused some scholars to question their authenticity. [ 19 ]
The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust 1941–1945 is a 1984 nonfiction book by David S. Wyman, former Josiah DuBois professor of history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Wyman was the chairman of the David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies.
[1] Stargardt wrote that the book uses "a timbre that is clear and somber, the voice of classical realism". [2] Jack Fischel of the Jewish Book Council stated that Cesarani's thesis does not take into account how plans to deport Jews to Madagascar and alternate plans prior to the finalizing of the Holocaust would have killed Jews anyway. [4 ...
The edict of Cyrus appears in chapter 36 of the Second Book of Chronicles in the Hebrew Bible: . Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying: 'Thus saith Cyrus king of ...
The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust, 1941-1945 (Pantheon Books, 1984) ISBN 978-0-394-42813-0; editor of: America and the Holocaust (thirteen volumes of the documents used in The Abandonment of the Jews (Garland, 1990) The World Reacts to the Holocaust (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996) ISBN 0-8018-4969-1
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The book examines the role Christian teachings about Jews played in enabling the racial eliminationist antisemitism that gave rise to the Holocaust. In Six Million Crucifixions Wilensky argues that from the earliest days of the Christian movement an attitude of contempt toward Jews and Judaism emerged, which over time evolved into full-blown ...