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MassuhDGoodName:
Re:  "...It sounds like the Roswell conspiracy that crazy UFO people have that they believe that an alien spacecraft landed in the 1940's..."

What's crazy about the possibility that beings from elsewhere in the universe might have crashed here?

Not too long ago, every living human being ridiculed the thought that the Wright Brothers might achieve flight using machines.

Sixty years ago, the entire world ridiculed the thought that a short colonel in Germany with a funny moustache who ranted and raved about "the Jew" would take power in Germany and threaten the entire globe.

The question is not "Is there intelligent life elsewhere in the universe?"...the real question is "Is there intelligent life on Earth?"

jdl4ever:

--- Quote from: Yacov Menashe Ben Rachamim on March 04, 2007, 10:25:51 PM ---That still doesn't explain how King David could be King starting in 1010 B.C.E.. The Temple was built in The 900's B.C.E.. Archeological dating proves all of that. How does that fit in with The Seder Olam? The Seder Olam is good for telling the events of The Torah. I want an English copy so I can put together the History of The Jews in The Torah. But it is not a Historical source for later Biblical times. It says Hanukkah was in 139 B.C.E.. Hanukkah was really in 165 B.C.E.. It also says Alexander The Great conquered Judea later than he really did. That is because it minimizes Persian History and extends it past the time Persia was destroyed. I think it also dates The Destruction of The Second Temple 2 years earlier than it really was.

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What proof do you speak of?  As far as I know, Archeological history is very inexact and only provides a rough estimate of dates.  It could easily be off by a few hundred years.  There is a one year miscalculation people make when comparing the secular calender to the Jewish calender since there is really no year zero in the secular calender so you have to add an extra year to certain dates as I added an extra year to my BCE dates.  I think that is the one year gap between the second temple destruction not a two year gap.  I do think that the account of Seder Olam is not written in stone and it could be off on several dates.  I do think that Rashi argues with it sometimes.  It wouldn't surprise me if it was off by a few years on Alexander the Great.  Like I said before, whether the first temple was destroyed in 421 B.C.E. or 586 B.C.E. is heavily debated today among Rabbis and I do not know the answer.  I prefer to use the Rabbinical view until proven otherwise. 

Addendum:  Chaim said the first temple was destroyed in 422 BC which is almost identical to my calculation of 421 BC.  How did he get an extra year?

MassuhDGoodName:
Gentlemen,

I can only help to solve the chronological mysteries surrounding written and oral Jewish history by asking this question:

On the famous "day the Sun stood still"; enabling the Israelites to defeat their enemies in battle, how many hours of daylight, and how many hours of night, made up that one particular day?

Christian Zionist:

--- Quote from: MassuhDGoodName on March 14, 2007, 10:21:38 PM ---Gentlemen,

I can only help to solve the chronological mysteries surrounding written and oral Jewish history by asking this question:

On the famous "day the Sun stood still"; enabling the Israelites to defeat their enemies in battle, how many hours of daylight, and how many hours of night, made up that one particular day?

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Also God sent King Ahaz's  sun dial clock backwards to give a sign to King Hezekiah when he was miraculously healed. (II Kings 20: 8-11)

Yacov, I need to do more research related to the Chronology of the Bible to answer your questions.  I will get back to you ASAP.

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