Archaeologists like comparing their own archaeological timeline with the
Biblical timeline dates. Problem is, there is more than one
interpretation
of the Biblical timeline. Archaeologists do their best though, by parsing
the Biblical timeline. For instance, the secular timeline from the
Assyrian
Period based upon the 763 BCE eclipse is used to date the Battle of Karkar
which is assigned to the last year of Ahab's rule. That event is dated
specifically to 853 BCE. Based upon that, the Bible's timeline is
followed
back to the 5th of Rehoboam for the year of ****shak's invasion, that then
falls in 925 BCE.
However, in 1913, Martin Anstey wrote the famous "Romance of Bible
Chronology" challenging most of the secular dating and is the first to
likely focus on a clear 82-year discrepancy between the Biblical's
absolute
timeline reference for the 1st of Cyrus and that of the secular timeline
(i.e. 455 BCE vs 537 BCE). That dating, however, would have reflected
Solomon's rule from 910-870 BCE rather than 970-930 BCE when the Assyrian
secular timeline is used.
However, of recent advent are two events that allow for improved absolute
Biblical dating. One is the recharting of the VAT4956 which shows up two
511 BCE lunar observations for year 37 of Nebuchadnezzar, surmized to
reference the original timeline. That's because dating year 37 of
Nebuchadnezzar to 511 BCE and introducing a 70-year interval as the Bible
and Josephus note from year 23 to the 1st of Cyrus also dates the 1st of
Cyrus to 455 BCE.
The second event of significance is another prophetic event which is the
return of the Jews to their homeland, which provides an absolute date for
the 70th jubilee, the last 45 years of the Jewish Covenant Week.
http://www.geocities.com/siaxares/jcovwk1996G.GIF
(Jewish Covenant Week)
This allows us an even better specific dating tool for absolute dates in
Jewish history since the jubilee cycle is linked to events such as the
return from Babylon in 455 BCE and the Exodus, which we can now
absolute-date, as far as the Bible is concerned, to 1386 BCE. This is the
date the archaeologists, therefore, need to use for the dating of the
Exodus, which in turn also dates Solomon's rule from 910-870 BCE and
****shak's invasion to 871 BCE. The date of 925 BCE is a spurious
Biblical
date, thus comparison by archaeologists to 925 BCE for ****shak's invasion
is
not really a Biblical comparison at all, but a secular comparison via a
timeline the Bible disagrees with. Basically, the Bible's Persian period
is
82 years shorter and it's NB Period is 26 years longer than the current,
believed to be revised secular timeline.
The VAT4956, however, provides along with 1947 a confirmation of the
specific Jubilee Week Timeline. That is, when 1947 is used to fix the
70th jubilee, then the jubilee period ends the "week" in 1996. We can
then
calculate the beginning of each "day" of the week, which are 7 periods of
490 years each. However, this timeline, if accurate should show the Jews
returning at the beginning of one of the 70-week periods, that is, the
beginning of the third day. 5 x 490 is 2450 years. That is the period
that should begin with the 1st of Cyrus and end with 1996. 2450 minus
1996
is 454. We add one year to compensate for no zero year for the Roman
calendar and that gives us the date of 455 BCE. That is supposed to be
the
true date for the 1st of Cyrus.
Our confirmation for that, though, now comes from the VAT4956 pointing to
year 511 BCE for year 37 of Nebuchadnezzar, which also points specifically
to 455 BCE for the 1st of Cyrus. But also, thanks to the VAT4956, since
it
includes several references to 568 BCE, we know that the 568 BCE dating is
a
fabricated date. Nobody hides two cryptic references to a new fake date
in
a do***ent with over 70 other references to the original date. Instead
it's
the other way around. The text with all the 568 BCE references was used
as
a "camouflage" to hide the secret 511 BCE original dating that was being
suppressed during the Seleucid Era. Likely this text was created by Jews
because it reflects back to the rule of Nebuchadnezzar, which is a
well-do***ented secular king****p in the Bible.
At any rate, Biblicalists are now able to establish an ABSOLUTE date for
the
Exodus, Solomon and David, and also ****shak as follows thanks to the
above:
The Exodus: 1386 BCE, the first jubilee
David's rule: 950-910 BCE
Solomon's rule:910-870 BCE
****shak's invasion: 871 BCE
SUMMARY: Using either 1947 or the VAT4956 reference for year 37 of
Nebuchadnezzar in 511 BCE provide absolute Biblical dates that are
superior
to piggy-backing Biblical dates piecemeal based upon the secular timeline,
that the Bible often directly contradicts. Claiming the Bible dates
****shak's invasion in 925 BCE is a spurious and incompetent reference used
by archaeologists. It is not accurate and especially is it not
"Biblical."
Again, confirming this is the original timeline is the RC14 dating from
Rehov pointing to 871 BCE as the actual date of that destruction based
upon
short-live cereals found destroyed at that time and level of City IV,
which
is linked to ****shak's invasion and destruction of other cities, such as
Megiddo VA-IVB.
Lars Wilson
(New!) Corrected Timeline Outline:
http://www.geocities.com/siaxares/709guide.html
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