Bible crossword puzzle: Ezra, Nehemiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel

Word puzzle from Scripture: Based on material regarding Israel's exile and return in Discovering the Bible

Challenge: Can you solve this puzzle even if you do not have the textbook?

ACROSS

3 -- Son of Iddo who is mentioned in Ezra 6 as a prophet
6 -- A prophet who lived in Exile in Babylon and who saw some strange visions, including the valley of dry bones and the "wheel within a wheel"
7 -- The man whom God protected in the lions' den in Babylon; his writing includes some End Times prophetic material

DOWN

1 -- Persian king who let the Jewish Exiles go home and rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem
2 -- A king's "cup-bearer" who returned to Jerusalem to become its governor and oversee the rebuilding of its defensive walls
4 -- An Old Testament "minor" prophet mentioned in Ezra 6
5 -- Jewish priest and scribe who was instrumental in aiding the return of the Exiles and in re-instituting the public reading of the Book of the Law of God.

Crossword puzzle created for use in the course Introduction to Biblical Literature. The words and clues come from the textbook Discovering the Bible: Story and Faith of the Biblical Communities edited by Alex Varughese and published by what is now called The Foundry Publishing

-- Howard Culbertson,

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