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GradeSaver: ClassicNote: Biography of Homer (753 words) |
 | We do not even know the century in which he lived, and it is difficult to say with absolute certainty that the same poet composed both works. |
| Eratosthenes gives the traditional date of 1184 BC for the end of the Trojan War, the semi-mythical event which forms the basis for the Iliad. |
| At various times over the centuries, scholars have suggested that he was only a transmitter, or that he never existed, and the epics attributed to him were the patchwork effort of generations of bards. |
| Unit 3B - Latter Prophets (5144 words) |
| Pre-Exilic Prophets of the Eighth Century BC It wasn't until the eighth century BC that the oracles of Hebrew prophets began to be recorded, even though there were many Hebrew prophets before that time. |
| Pre-Exilic Prophets of the Seventh Century BC The prophets Jeremiah, Zephaniah, Nahum, and Habakkuk are often categorized together because they all prophesied before the Exile during the times when the Babylonians dominated the Ancient Near East. |
| Zechariah was a contemporary of the prophet Haggai and was known as both the son of Berechiah (Zechariah 1:1, 7) and the son of Iddo (Zechariah 1:1, 7; Ezra 5:1; 6:14). |
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