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.
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