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The Hebrew Bible and “The dead sea scrolls”. Written in 408 BCE to 318 CE and discovered in 1946 - 1956 in the Qumran Caves near the Dead Sea.
The Jewish Bible portrayed Cyrus as a prophet, it is believed that he was doing god’s tasks. One of those tasks being him (Cyrus) freeing the Jews from captivity in Babylon. The second task was to rebuild all their temples and restore their cults.
The oldest version of the Bible called the “ dead sea scrolls” written in 4th century BC was discovered in 1946 - 1956.
This is one of the accurate and reliable sources about Cyrus due to the recent discovery of the oldest Bible, and the founding in similarities between the “dead sea scrolls” and the Hebrew Bible.
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He describes Cyrus in many different ways, positive and negative, and tells us about the things Cyrus did right and the things he did wrong or could have done better. Herodotus’ biography on Cyrus consists of Cyrus’ virtues and vices.
The accuracy and reliability of Herodotus’ book is debatable, in some cases, he makes very good points but then goes totally off topic to write and talk about a fictional story. How we can tell apart Herodotus’ accurate and not so accurate stories, is by comparing them to the more reliable and accurate sources. The other reason why Herodotus’ work may not be too accurate is because he was Greek and wrote for an Athenian audience, this may result in the change of real stories in order to please the Greeks.
Although some of his stories may not be reliable, Herodotus’ book is still very useful because it helps alot with seeing two different perspectives of Cyrus and to also have the positive and the negative views of him. The reliability is the only …show more content…

Hormuzd Rassam March 1879.
Another great source for this topic is the Cyrus Cylinder. On this baked clay Cylinder is written in Babylonian script about the final king of Babylon, Nabonidus who took away their cults and the statue of Marduk (A Babylonian god). It is also said that Cyrus was sent by Marduk to help the people of Babylon. There is written that he entered the city without a fight or battel, the king Nabonidus was brought to him and the people, full of joy, accepted Cyrus as their new ruler.
Then the rest is written in first person where Cyrus is said to be the king of the world, how he saved the Jews, restored their temples followed by their cults and how peacefully he was accepted as a

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