nearly at the end of the Tanak. It is followed only by Ezra/Nehemiah, a single book in the Hebrew Bible. With that arrangement, the edict of Cyrus (Ezra 1:2–4), which was the decree to return and rebuild the temple and which plays a central role in the “messianic” schematic of Daniel 9, immediately follows the book of Daniel and provides the introduction to the last book, Ezra/Nehemiah. In that position, the edict of Cyrus identifies the historical return under Ezra and Nehemiah as the fulfillment