Editing Zerubbabel (section)

===Sheshbazzar===
The [[Book of Ezra]] begins with [[Cyrus the Great]] entrusting the Temple vessels to '''Sheshbazzar''' ({{Hebrew name|שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּר|Šešbaṣár|Šēšbaṣṣar}}, "prince of Judah", probably from {{langx|akk|𒌓𒀜𒋀|Šamaš-abu-uṣur}}<ref>[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/13567-sheshbazzar ''SHESHBAZZAR''] Emil G. Hirsch, Schulim Ochser</ref><ref>Winckler, ''Altorientalische Forschungen'', ii. 439, 440.</ref>); this apparently important figure disappears from the story entirely after being named in {{bibleverse|Ezra|1:8}} and {{bibleverse|Ezra|5:14}}, and Zerubbabel is abruptly introduced as the main figure. Both are called governors of Judah and are both credited with laying the foundation of the Temple. A number of explanations have been proposed, including: (1) the two are the same person; (2) Sheshbazzar was in fact Shenazzar (probably from {{langx|akk|𒂗𒍪𒋀|Sîn-uṣur}}),<ref>{{cite book|author1=Thomas Kelly Cheyne|author2=John Sutherland Black|title=Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political and Religious History, the Archaeology, Geography and Natural History of the Bible|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_cyVgqXflW4C&pg=PA4453|year=1903|publisher=Adam and Charles Black|pages=4453–}}</ref> Zerubabbel's uncle (mentioned in the [[Books of Chronicles]]); (3) Sheshbazzar began the work and Zerubbabel finished it.<ref>M. Patrick Graham, ''The "Chronicler's History": Ezra-Nehemiah, 1–2 Chronicles'' in [https://books.google.com/books?id=owwhpmIVgSAC&q=The+Hebrew+Bible+today:+an+introduction+to+critical+issues Graham, M.P, and McKenzie, Steven L., ''The Hebrew Bible Today: An Introduction to Critical Issues'' (Westminster John Knox Press, 1998)] p.206</ref>