Really cool article. I'm not sure about one point, though. > In the Torah, both Noah and Job are treated as pious men, but critically, neither are Israelites.

Really cool article. I'm not sure about one point, though. > In the Torah, both Noah and Job are treated as pious men, but critically, neither are Israelites. Making Daniel part of the trio implies he was also a righteous non-Jew. Doesn't this confuse being Israelite with being Jewish? IIRC, the kingdom of Israel predates the Jewish religion by a few hundred years, based on older archaeological references to the kingdom's name from neighboring kingdoms.