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[George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>]

Karl, yep. That's a neat summary. I'm well aware of the tradition, but also the historical complexities involved in dating the life of Jesus.

And yes, let's keep things on track with regards to Dan 9.

GEORGE ATHAS

Dean of Research,

Moore Theological College (moore.edu.au)

Sydney, Australia

From: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
Date: Wednesday, 24 October 2012 8:54 AM
To: George Athas <george.athas AT moore.edu.au>
Cc: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Daniel 9:21­27

George:

The only reason I discuss what follows is in how it may be connected to an understanding of Daniel 9. Other than that, I’d consider this way off topic.

The tradition is that Jesus was in his early 30s when he was executed. The New Testament doesn’t say that in exactly that terminology, so it’s possible that the tradition is wrong. Modern historians now say that Jesus was born either 4 BC or 7 BC, so by your dates, he’d have been in his late 30s to early 40s when he was crucified.