TY - BOOK AU - Jordan, James B. TI - Darius, Artaxerxes, and Ahasuerus in the Bible SN - 9780984243952 U1 - 224.5 J82D PY - 2014/// CY - Monroe, Louisiana PB - Athanasius Press KW - Bible.OT -- Darius, Artaxerxes, and Ahasuerus N1 - In this study, James Jordan argues why the Persian kings named Darius, Ahasuerus, and Artaxerxes in the books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther are one and the same. This is not a new understanding. Many recent commentators are so certain that Ahasuerus is the king the Greeks called Xerxes and that Artaxerxes is Artaxerxes Longimanus. James Jordan, however, demonstrates that the common identifications of these kings is problematic and that understanding their common identity sheds considerable light on our understanding of redemptive history. Excerpt from Darius, Artaxerxes, and Ahasuerus in the Bible ER -