[begin moderator note] Come on guys & gals, let's put some citations behind our assertions. Besides this thread needs an ancient history tie in, so let's ...
<< The crucifixion was most probably in 30 AD not 33 AD. >> << Let's put some citations behind our assertions. >> For 33 ad, "Dating the Crucifixion,"...
... <zoe_lithoi@y...> wrote: <snip> ... disdain for Herodotus... by providing a few 'citations' and a fanciful and funny story from Herodotus himself on 'How...
The Centuries of Darkness site at: http://www.centuries.co.uk/whatsnew.htm has called attention to a new book by John Bimson called, *(When) Did It Happen? New...
... ****************************** Hello Vern, Thanks for this fascinating update; I didn't know exactly what position Prof. Bimson had taken re: Revision...
... Greetings Bergen, I still don't know what Bimson's position is on many chronological issues. I know he adopts the end of MB2c as the time of the Exodus --...
Too all list members! This is Ron Hughes. My family and I survived a direct hit from that bitch Katrina! Home suffered light damage considering what has...
Greetings Brer Vern, I'm glad my last posting on Herodotus was a bit more up to snuff. Vern Crisler <vcrisler3@...> wrote: Herodotus himself does not claim...
... survived a direct hit from that b-tch Katrina! ... hundred yards south of my home. <snip> Greetings Ron, I'm glad you made it through okay. The damage...
... claim that ... First, it should be noted that Herodotus often says that he is not vouching for the truth of the narratives he is recording, but merely ...
Greetings Brer Vern, Vern Crisler <vcrisler3@...> wrote: But why concentrate on Behistun? There's still Ptolemy, the astronomical data that COJ mentions ...
Hello all, I have read both praise for and disdain of Ptolemy --- an Egyptian/Greek historian who wrote of the Persians very roughly about 100 to 0bc. Which...
... Egyptian/Greek historian who wrote of the Persians very roughly about 100 to 0bc. Which view is true? It seems conventional chronologists like Ptolemy. He...
Hi Toby Firstly, a while back, you asked how I got the .1 degrees in longitude/latitude in SkyViewCafe. As you point out the site only gives whole degrees. I...
Toby, Vern has replied very well to the issue although if for a moment we may ignore R.R. Newton, Ernest L. Martin and the Watchtower society, then one will...
b. The Historical Setting of the Tower of Babel – Walton believes the account in Genesis 11 has a "solid historical foundation in early Mesopotamia."...
... Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 02:53:55 -0000 From: "Vern Crisler" <vcrisler3@...> ... Egyptian/Greek historian who wrote of the Persians very roughly about ...
Hi Brad Now I will admit that I have not read Newton. But I am familiar with Ptolemy and Babylonian records. As I understand Newton, he thought Ptolemy...
Joe, I agree with you that Ptolemy is not likely to be the author at fault although there may be limitations with his comprehension of astronomy. Rather there...
Hello Joe, Vern, Brad, Bergen, and rb47x! Nice discussion!!!! ... ...the influence of a Jehovah's Witness on Newton's views. .... The same Mr. Couture also...
Hello all, ... Joe, I went to the sky view cafe website: http://www.skyviewcafe.com/skyview.php I selected 'lunar eclipse', clicked on the map near Babylon,...
( I should stop by here more often, but only think of it when I'm in the middle of the history book.) I'm reading _The Phoenicians and the West_ by Maria...
... people who hated them. ******************************** Hello Bill, I find your comments here very interesting and thank you for providing them, including...
Hello Vern, I think your theory for the biblical chronology is quite convincing but how does the 18th dynasty fit? According to New Courville Thutmose III is...
... Hi Michael, Thanks for taking the time to look at the New Courville chronology. Your question is similar to a question raised a couple years ago, cf.: ...