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It wasn't just the non-Jews, the "heathen," who were struggling in those days. Even among the Jewish people, there were those deeply immersed in sin. And among them, two figures st...
We’ve talked before about figures like Hiram, the king of Tyre, who, according to some traditions, was a bit too eager to claim divine status for himself. And then there were the f...
He was keen on everyone, including the Jewish exiles in his kingdom, worshipping his gods. But Daniel? Daniel was proving to be a particularly tough nut to crack. So, according to ...
But some heroes, like Daniel, just never seem to get a break. The stories surrounding Daniel in the Babylonian exile are just incredible. We know him best, perhaps, for surviving t...
That was life under Nebuchadnezzar, the Babylonian king who loomed over the ancient world like a thundercloud. But even the longest storms eventually break. After forty years – a r...
You might think he'd be remembered with bitterness, given that Jerusalem fell during his reign. But, surprisingly, the legends paint a different picture. According to Legends of th...
Instant mood killer. That’s precisely what happened to King Belshazzar. As we read in the Book of Daniel, the writing was on the wall—literally. And it foretold doom. The prophet D...
We know the "what" – the Babylonian empire crumbled. But what about the how? And what role did the Jewish people, and even matzah, play in this epic downfall? The story in the Book...
We left Belshazzar throwing a wild party, desecrating the sacred vessels from the Temple in Jerusalem (Ginzberg, Legends of the Jews, Vol. 4). It was a brazen act of arrogance, a s...
