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  • From: Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>
  • To: "Lisbeth S. Fried" <lizfried AT umich.edu>
  • Cc: 'b-hebrew' <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Dates of Ezra and Nehemiah
  • Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 17:14:17 +0100

On 16/09/2006 17:03, Lisbeth S. Fried wrote:
...
Dates in antiquity are always in terms of regnal years of the local
king.
That is why this is the year 2006, it is supposed to be the 2006th
regnal year of Jesus
Christ.

Wrong, AD is supposed to be the number of years from his birth. We know
today that that
is almost certain to be wrong, but it was supposed to be from his birth.


The presumption is that he began to reign from the date of his birth. If you
think he didn't begin to reign then, when would you say that he began to
reign? From the time of his death?

In standard Christian thinking, the reign of Jesus as King began with his resurrection and ascension - or else it is yet to begin, when he comes again for his millennial reign.

--
Peter Kirk
E-mail: peter AT qaya.org
Blog: http://speakertruth.blogspot.com/
Website: http://www.qaya.org/





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