Endnote 13 – Cyrus the Messiah

Pace A. Kuhrt and S. Sherwin-White (“Xerxes’ Destruction of Babylonian Temples,” Achaemenid History II: The Greek Sources [Leiden, 1987], pp. 79–80) who argue there is no evidence that any Persian king ever participated in the Akitu festival. See my Harvard Theological Review article for a discussion.