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Zerubbabel (; (ギリシア語:Ζοροβαβέλ), ''Zorovavel''; (ラテン語:Zorobabel)) was a governor of the Persian Province of Yehud Medinata () and the grandson of Jehoiachin, penultimate king of Judah. Zerubbabel led the first group of Jews, numbering 42,360, who returned from the Babylonian Captivity in the first year of Cyrus, King of Persia (''Ezra''). The date is generally thought to have been between 538 and 520 BC.〔Janet E. Tollington, ''Tradition and Innovation in Haggai and Zechariah 1–8'' (Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993), 132.〕 Zerubbabel also laid the foundation of the Second Temple in Jerusalem soon after. In all of the accounts in the Hebrew Bible that mention Zerubbabel, he is always associated with the high priest who returned with him, Joshua (Jeshua) son of Jozadak (Jehozadak). Together, these two men led the first wave of Jewish returnees from exile and began to rebuild the Temple (Ezra). John Kessler describes the region of Judah as a small province that contained land extending 25 km from Jerusalem and was independently ruled prior to the Persian rule. Zerubbabel was the governor of this province.〔Michael H. Floyd and Robert D. Haak Eds. ''Prophets and Prophetic Texts In Second Temple Jerusalem''. (New York, T & T Clark International, 2006). 104.〕 King Darius I of Persia appointed Zerubbabel governor of the Province.〔Diana Edelman. ''The Origins of the 'Second' Temple: Persian Imperial Policy and the Rebuilding of Jerusalem''. (Oakville, CT, Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2005). 2.〕 It was after this appointment that Zerubbabel began to rebuild the Temple. Elias Bickerman speculates that one of the reasons that Zerubbabel was able to rebuild the Temple was because of "the widespread revolts at the beginning of the reign of Darius I in 522 BC, which preoccupied him to such a degree that Zerubbabel felt he could initiate the rebuilding of the temple without repercussions".〔Edelman 6〕 ==Zerubbabel and the Davidic Line== The Davidic line from Jeconiah had been cursed by Jeremiah, saying that no descendant of "Coniah" would ever sit on the throne again (Jer. 22:30). Zerubbabel was of the main Davidic line through Solomon and Jeconiah. The prophets Zechariah and Haggai both give unclear statements regarding Zerubbabel's authority in their oracles, in which Zerubbabel was either the subject of a false prophecy or the receiver of a divine promotion to kingship. He could also be viewed as a governor of a state within another nation and thus technically "not on the throne" of a nation. Either way, he was given the task of rebuilding the Temple in the second year of the reign of Darius I (520 BC), along with the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak. Muslim historian Ya'qubi attributed the recovery of the Torah and the Books of the Prophets to him instead of Ezra. The Seder Olam Zutta lists him as the Exilarch in Babylon to succeed Shealtiel. The texts are conflicting as to whether Zerubbabel was the son of Shealtiel or his nephew. His son Meshullam succeeded him as Exilarch, and was followed by another son Hananiah. His other sons were Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah and Jushab-hesed (). He also had a daughter called Shelomith (). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zerubbabel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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