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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: MarianneLuban AT aol.com
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Thera quote
  • Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 11:26:51 +0100

On 27/08/2004 10:09, MarianneLuban AT aol.com wrote:

... Now Josephus wrote that the Exodus, which he believed had taken place in the time of Ahmose I, occurred during the month of Pharmouti which, in a Pefect Year, would have fallen in the Winter Season, being its last month. However, during the time of Ahmose I, judging by the concordance given in Year 9 of his successor, Amenhotep I, Pharmouti would have fallen in April of the Julian calendar. However, the pRhind, which relates the attack of Ahmose on the Hyksos strongholds and hints at some bad weather happening at the same time, says this occurred during the first month of Inundation--this being September by the Julian calendar at the time. ...


The primary document about the Exodus, the Book of Exodus itself (12:2, 13:4, 23:15, 34:18), gives a clear date in the 1st month Abib of the Hebrew year, and the unbroken Pesach tradition places that in the spring i.e. March-April, at the time when Pesach is still celebrated. The calendar of 23:14-17 and its elaborations elsewhere in the Torah clearly associate the Exodus with springtime.


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