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  • From: Rolf Furuli <furuli AT online.no>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] First temple destroyed 586 or 587 BCE?
  • Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 22:13:07 +0200

Dear Kevin,

I have not read this article, but I have done extensive research regarding the date of the fall of Jerusalem, and have published a thorough analysis of the biblical material. If we accept that Babylon was conquered by Cyrus in 539 B.C.E. and take the biblical passages dealing with the question at face value, I see no way to accept 587 as the date for the fall of Jerusalem. This date gives room for only 50 years for the exile, but I cannot see how we can avoid accepting a 70 year exile while Jerusalem was *a desolate waste* if we apply the normal use of lexicon, grammar and syntax to the pertinent biblical passages.




Best regards

Rolf Furuli

University of Oslo


Kevin W. Woodruff wrote:

Chris:

In the March 2004 issue of the Journal of the
Evangelical Theological Society ther was an article by
Rodger C. Young entitled "When Did Jerusalem Fall?" in
which he shows that the biblical evidence of Jeremiah,
Ezekiel and 2 Kings is consisent with a dating of "the
fourth month (Tammuz) of 587." Tammuz falls in our
months of June/July. The Temple was destroyed on the
ninth day of the month Ab, which is is the Julian date
of July 29, 587 B. C.


Kevin



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