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Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel: Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary (Old Testament), Volume 4 is unavailable, but you can change that!

This series brings to life the world of the Old Testament through informative entries and full-color photos and graphics. Here readers find the premier commentary set for connecting with the historical and cultural context of the Old Testament. Many today find the Old Testament a closed book. The cultural issues seem insurmountable and we are easily baffled by that which seems obscure....

► The Jews at Elephantine Elephantine is an island in the Nile that is opposite Aswan in Upper Egypt. It is situated just north of the first cataract. The letters and documents discovered there that are of most interest for our purposes are those written in Aramaic.A-62 We learn the following: Elephantine was a military outpost that protected the southern border of Egypt and kept a watchful eye over commerce on the Nile. On this basis it is assumed that the other places where the Judean exiles settled
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