Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Rolf Furuli <furuli AT online.no>]

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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