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Post by Admin on Jun 12, 2017 5:07:07 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Jun 12, 2017 5:07:17 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Jun 12, 2017 5:07:26 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Jun 12, 2017 5:07:41 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Jun 12, 2017 5:09:43 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Jun 12, 2017 5:09:52 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Jun 12, 2017 5:12:35 GMT -5
#QUESTION: Why does the date given by Jehovah's Witnesses for the Fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians, differ from that given by most historians of 587?Jehovah's Witnesses have not chosen the date arbitrarily, 607 is based on bible chronology which explicitly states the exile was for 70 years (See 2 Chronicles 36:21, 22, NIV). Since both the bible and secular historians agree that the Jewish exile was ended by 537 counting back from that date we arrive at that date of 607 BCE. We view it as reasonable to favor bible chronology over the available secular sources for the following reasons. #1 The bible has often been vindicated as to its archelogical detail when the consensus had previously been against it, proving it has a stellar record in this regard. #2 The bible account of the Fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians were written much closer to those upon which the later date was based (the Babyloniaca, for example was written about 281 BCE) and Ptolemy compliled his list of Babylonian kings some 600 years after the Neo-Babylonian period ended. The bible writer Jeremiah and Daniel on the other hand, were eye witnesses of the events. #3 Historians who lived close to the time when Jerusalem was destroyed give mixed information about the Neo-Babylonian kings and while the consensus on Ptolemy's list is that it was generally reliable, it's proven omissions mean it cannot be legitimately viewed as a definite historical chronology. See below. CONCLUSION "The Bible clearly states that there was an exile of 70 years. There is strong [biblical] evidence —and most scholars agree—that the Jewish exiles were back in their homeland by 537 B.C.E. Counting back from that year would place Jerusalem’s destruction in 607 B.C.E. Though the classical historians and the canon of Ptolemy disagree with this date, valid questions can be raised about the accuracy of their writings." Watchtower October 1 p. 31 Detailed articles below www.jehovahsjudgment.co.uk/607/m.wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2011736m.wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2011810
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Post by Admin on Jul 1, 2017 23:55:21 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Jul 1, 2017 23:55:33 GMT -5
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