Biblical Hebrew Forum

["K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Steve:

It's been a while since I looked at the dates. All I remember about
the source of those dates is that they were not fixed by theologians.
Since that time, I've seen a couple dates developed by theologians,
Darby's being one, that are significantly older. The only reason I
could see for those dates was the requirement that Jesus' death and
resurrection be 483 years after the command was given to Nehemiah. But
I disagree with that requirement, as I see the 7 sevens and 62 sevens
to have been concurrent, not one after the other, thus Nehemiah could
be a contemporary with Ezra as indicated in Nehemiah 8 and 12. But my
reading also says that the 70th seven has already been finished, which
certain theological traditions reject.

Karl W. Randolph.

On 9/10/06, Steve Miller <smille10 AT sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> [Steve Miller] Karl, what is your source for your dates? Darby made his
> interpretation match Ptolemy's dates, which results in some problems, as you
> describe above. Thanks,
> -Steve