[Avodah] Megila is not part of Bible?

[Dov Kay]

<<Purim is portrayed in Seder Olam as being a key part of the events that 
bridge
shivat Tziyon (Zerubavel) and Chanukas haBayis (Ezra). Achashveirosh is 
placed
between Daryaveish and Koreish. Which would probably place Purim before 
Ezra.

In Pirqe deR' Eliezer, Achashveirosh is after Daryaveish, which means the
second bayis was standing for something like 40 years at the time of Purim.
Well after Ezra's return.>>

My brother-in-law, R. A Posen, mentioned at our Purim seuda that according 
to the Ramban (or a commentary attributed to him to a masechta whose name 
eludes me...), most Jews had already returned to Eretz Yisroel before the 
events of Purim.  This runs counter to the common understanding that, even 
after the shivas tziyon, most Jew remained in Bavel.

Kol tuv
Dov Kay

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