Dear George, There are different opinions as to the when the word mentioned in Daniel 9:25 went out. I find good reasons to connect this "word" with the situation in Nehemiah, chapter 2, which happened in the 20th year of Artaxerxes. If this is correct, the timing of this 20th year is important.
Best regards, Rolf Furuli Stavern Norway Torsdag 18. Oktober 2012 10:35 CEST skrev George Athas <[email protected]>: > No, it doesn't have a bearing, Rolf. The decree to rebuild Jerusalem was > issued by Cyrus in 538. > > GEORGE ATHAS > Dean of Research, > Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia) > > > On 18/10/2012, at 7:23 PM, "Rolf" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Dear list, > > > > Sometimes it is good to check universally accepted viewpoints that never > > are being checked. The present Persian chronology is based on a list, > > believed to have been written by the astronomer Claudius Ptolemy. It was > > fixed and accepted before any cuneiform tablet from Persia was unearthed. > > > > In the last decades, thousands of dated cuneiform tables have been > > published in books and on-line (e.g. the British Museum and the > > Vorderasiatische Museum). Some of these tablets completely destroy the > > chronology of Ptolemy. > > This month my book on Persian chronology and the length of the Babylonian > > exile was published. Interesting evidence is presented here: Dated > > ccuneiform tablets and astronomical tablets show that Cambyses reigned into > > his year 9 (one year longer than the traditional chronology allows for); > > there are 5 years between Cambyses and Darius I, and not only a few > > months); there was a coregency between Darius I and Xerxes of 16 years; and > > Artaxerxes I reigned for 51 and not only for 41 years. > > > > This chronology shows that the year 455, and not 445 BCE, was the year when > > the decree to rebuild Jerusalem was issued by Artaxerxes I. This has a > > bearing on the end of the 70 sevens. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > Rolf Furuli > > Stavern > > Norway > > > > > > > > Bryant wrote: > > > > "Ezra returned to Jerusalem in 457 BC under Artaxerxes I.The decree to > > rebuild Jerusalem came in 445 BC to Nehemiah by Artaxerxes I. Thus, 483 > > years (69 x 7) would end about AD 27 ." > > _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
