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Zerubbabel (6th century BCE), of the House of David, was the last king of Judah in Babylon. He was the nephew of his predecessor Sheshbazzar.

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Overview

Together the Zadokite high priest Joshua, Zerubbabel led the return of the Jews from Babylon after the exile and laid the foundations of the Second Temple in the early Persian period.

Zerubbabel in ancient sources

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Zerubbabel in literature & the arts

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Zerubbabel in scholarship

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References

• Zerubbabel / Steven J. Schweitzer / In: The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (2010 Collins / Harlow), edited volume, 1359-1360

• Zerubbabel / Bran E. Beyer / In: The Anchor Bible Dictionary (1992 Freedman), dictionary, 6:1084-1086

Related categories

• Ezra-Nehemiah (text)

External links

• Wikipedia

• Jewish Encyclopedia (1906)

Selected Bibliography (articles)

1964

• Serubbabel und der Hohepriester beim Wiederaufbau des Tempels in Jerusalem / Kurt Galling / In: Studien zur Geschichte Israels im persischen Zeitalter (1964 Galling), book, 127-148.

1982

• Sheshbazzar and Zerubbabel against the background of the historical and religious tendencies of Ezra-Nehemiah / Sara Japhet / In: ZAW 94 (1981) 66-98; and 95 (1983) 218-229 / In: From the Rivers of Babylon to the Highlands of Judah (2006 Japhet), book

1987

• The Persian Period and the Judean Restoration: from Zerubbabel to Nehemiah / Eric M. Meyers / In: Ancient Israelite Religion (1987 Miller / Hanson / McBride), edited volume

2002

• The Rise of Zadokite Judaism / Gabriele Boccaccini / In: Roots of Rabbinic Judaism (2002 Boccaccini), book, 43-72

2010

• The Fate and Future of Zerubbabel in the Prophecy of Haggai / Greg Goswell / In: Biblica 91.1 (2010) 77-90