Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Lisbeth S. Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>]

Dear All,
I have argued for the date 586 for the destruction of the temple in
an excursus on the Jubilee year in Milgrom's commentary on 
Leviticus Part III that I wrote with Noel Freedman.
I went into all the sources that I could, but I didn't re-evaluate P&D. 
I am confident that the date is 586 based on cuneiform and biblical
sources.
In a separate article I suggest that the 70 years refers to the time 
between the destruction of the temple in 586 and its dedication in 
516. It should not be taken as a firm date however. Zechariah speaks
of the 70 years of exile in the 2nd year of Darius and again in his
fourth year.
Best,
Liz 

Lisbeth S. Fried, Ph. D.
Department of Near Eastern Studies
University of Michigan
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Ann Arbor, Michigan  48109-1285 
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> -----Original Message-----
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> bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Yigal Levin
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 5:51 PM
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> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] First temple destroyed 586 or 587 BCE?
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tony Costa" <tmcos AT rogers.com>
> To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 10:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] First temple destroyed 586 or 587 BCE?
> 
> 
> > 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 .
> 
> 
> That's one way of looking at it. Another is that the 70 years began with
the
> exile of Jehoiachin (see Ezekiel 1:1-2), which was in 597, or even with
the
> death of Josiah in 609, which is 70 years before the conquest of Babylon
by
> Cyrus.
> 
> (I actually agree with Tony)
> 
> Yigal
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 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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