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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כי פי יהוה צבאות דבר
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From: "Tony Costa" <tmcos AT rogers.com>
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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 BCEas 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
exile of Jehoiachin (see Ezekiel 1:1-2), which was in 597, or even withthe
death of Josiah in 609, which is 70 years before the conquest of Babylonby
Cyrus.position
(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
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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