(3) Gilgamesh and History -- At one time, scholars were unsure whether Gilgamesh was a real person, even though he was mentioned in the Sumerian King List as a...
Hello, Vern. Always interested in what you write. This piece generated a question. If you have the Exodus early in the First Intermediate Period, and Hammurabi...
... generated a ... Period, and ... tell me, ... I'm not real sure, David. My guess is that Dyn 12 began in Egypt sometime very soon after the time of Joshua...
Since most of you know that I am involved in deep revision I thought I'd let you know some of the ideas proposed by those who think like me. I read the site...
<< In the meantime, any thoughts on the subject would be appreciated. >> Hello, Vern. I am growing slowly but steadily of the opinion that the MB1 Israelites...
In a message dated 8/4/2005 5:23:42 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ... <much snipping-Moderator ... B: How about "open" to the Old Courville? Under the Old...
In a message dated 8/4/2005 6:13:16 PM Central Daylight Time, rb47x@... ... This period of time is exactly all that is presently left for the period of the...
<< How about "open" to the Old Courville? >> ---- Seems hard to make D6 and D12 contemporary dynasties. But, yes, open to any evidence on the subject. -- ...
1. Any RUSSIAN person will tell you they are the SCYTHIAN people 2. 1st Century Historian Josephus tells us that the SCYTHIANS were the people previously know...
... the MB1 ... the Old ... is a mixture of ... encampments. But ... Greetings David, Some quick notes: I don't think it's stratigraphically possible to have...
... <snip> ... system ... Thus you ... (as I ... home in Loma ... the same ... don't take this ... If the end of the Old Kingdom and the end of the Middle...
[Moderator Note: I'll let this one go through because of the historical information, but list members should realize this is not an eschatology list, so...
(4) Was Gilgamesh Nimrod? -- Paul Haupt referred to the Gilgamesh Epic as Das Babylonische Nimrodepos. Gardner says that this was "in the hope that Gilgamesh...
Hello, Vern -- Thank you for your comments. Some follow up discussion. << I don't think it's stratigraphically possible to have the Middle Bronze 1 people...
... Hi David, I'll have to give some thought to your essay and respond at length later this week. However, I do have a quick point. You appear to think that...
Hello, Vern some quick words of explanation. << I'll have to give some thought to your essay and respond at length later this week. >> ---- No hurry at all....
... <snip> ... of MB2b. ... MB2a with ... End of Dynasty 11 correlated to end of MB1; end Dynasty 12 correlated to end of MB2a. This was the traditional...
Greetings all, I have my own views, but I am curious as to your view on when the '7 weeks' (49 years) period (of Daniel's 70 weeks) started and ended, AND...
Hello, living stone -- I believe the decree in question was the one given to Ezra to restore and rebuild. This was granted in the 7th year of Artaxerxes, which...
... <snip> Greetings Toby, I agree with David on this one. See Carl Jonsson's discussion at: http://user.tninet.se/~oof408u/fkf/english/artaxerxes.htm He...
Greetings Brer David, Thank you for your version! DavRice@... wrote: ....the full 70, so those 49 years would run from 458 bc to 409 bc. By that time...
Greetings Brer Vern, ... <snip> ... <snip> I will get back to the rest of your post (which is on the 70 weeks, not the first 7 weeks as I had inquired...
... <zoe_lithoi@y...> wrote: <snip> ... not the first 7 weeks as I had inquired about)... In regards to my question on the 49 years, could you clarify why you...
Hello, Toby -- just some brief comments to clarify. The date you begin with for 20 Artaxerexes is 445 bc. This is the same as any normal reference work will...
Greetings all, Scripture mentions the word Cyrus 23 times.. IN 5 of these, it refers to the '1st year of Cyrus'. In 15 of these 23 occurances, he is referred...
... <zoe_lithoi@y...> wrote: <snip> <<<Well, Darius I was king sometime prior to him as the Sushan tombstones attest. Darius I was old when he conquered...
... <vcrisler3@c...> wrote: <snip> ... Correction: Cyrus 2 should start on line 2 correlated with Darius the Mede. Thus, all the Persian kings should be moved...