Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>]

Where did all this come from? Cyrus II (The Great) became king of the
Persians in 559, and conquered Babylon in 539. His proclamation was issued
in that year or the next. He died in 530 and was succeeded by his son
Cambyses. Cambyses stabbed himself to death under strange circumstances in
522, which is when Darius took over. "Darius the Mede" is an invention of
Daniel - there was no such king.

Yigal
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>
To: "Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 11:59 PM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] First temple destroyed 586 or 587 BCE?


> Rolf & Tony:
>
> There may be a way to resolve the difference: how long after the fall of
Babylon was it before Cyrus became king? In other words, Darius the Mede was
the king while Cyrus was on the field as his chief general. How long did he
reign after the fall of Babylon? Could it have been 20-21 years, and did
Cyrus "help" him retire after chafing at the bit for years? Cyrus sent out
the proclamation for the rebuilding of the temple in his second year of
rule, the reconstruction actually started in his third year, and we have 70
years the city was empty.
>
> Karl W. Randolph.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tony Costa <tmcos AT rogers.com>
>
> > Dear Rolf, the 2nd Temple was rebuilt in 515 BCE. If we take 586/587 BCE
as the destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon to the rebuilding of the 2nd
Temple we have a figure of 70 years . The Temple and its function was
integral to the city of Jerusalem, not necessarily the city itself. Are
there any scholars who hold to the position you take that the fall of
Jerusalem to the Babylonians occurred in 609 BCE which I believe is the date
you are proposing?
> >
> > Tony Costa
> >
> > Rolf Furuli <furuli AT online.no> wrote:
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Tony Costa
> >
> > "But I do not consider my life of any account
> > as dear to myself, so that I may finish my course and the
> > ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify
> > solemnly of the gospel of the grace of God." (Acts 20:24)
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