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  • From: MarianneLuban AT aol.com
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Thera quote
  • Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 13:18:32 EDT

In a message dated 8/27/2004 3:27:05 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
peterkirk AT qaya.org writes:


> 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.-
>
>

Peter, I hardly think that is a revelation--especially to the Jews here,
which includes myself. What is your point?







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