Long period dating references or Distanzangaben can be found in both cuneiform texts and the Masoretic Text of the Old Testament. In this article five of them are selected. One reference is about 800 years; another one 700 years; still another 600 years and a further one covering a long period of 3200 years, the last which is a case of a need for a better understanding of Ancient Mathematics or Counting systems. These texts were discovered, transliterated, translated and discussed or commented upon by many scholars since the middle of the 19th century. Scholars are divided into two or more camps regarding these periods in cuneiform references: those who tried to find historicity in them taking them at face value; those who reject them as bo...
<strong>What are we dating? Some remarks on the dating of biblical texts</strong><p&g...
By careful study, the Bible gives us an almost exact chronology from the Cross back to the Genesis F...
Whether the biblical texts can or cannot be dated has a significant impact on the reliability, or u...
The science of Biblical chronology in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was an integral part ...
In southern Mesopotamia in the second millennium BCE regnal years were named after a significant eve...
This document is formatted for double-sided printing, thus explaining the inclusion of some blank pa...
Problem. The research problem of this study has been, How might church pastors and college Bible t...
In recent years, the astronomy teaching community has been called upon to include more cultural aspe...
Recently much progress has been made in the absolute dating of the Old Assyrian and Old Babylonian c...
This paper is adapted from my 2007 PhD thesis (see abstract for details), and briefly outlines its m...
International audienceThe article deals with the dating and literary environment of the Gädla Lalibä...
This thesis is divided into three distinct yet related chapters. The first chapter deals with the qu...
Regarding the chronology of the Israelite Exodus from Egypt, two major theories are readily apparent...
This illustrated article represents a popular account of the study of the Babylonian astronomical re...
The aim of this article is to discuss several groups of sources which are of special interest regard...
<strong>What are we dating? Some remarks on the dating of biblical texts</strong><p&g...
By careful study, the Bible gives us an almost exact chronology from the Cross back to the Genesis F...
Whether the biblical texts can or cannot be dated has a significant impact on the reliability, or u...
The science of Biblical chronology in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was an integral part ...
In southern Mesopotamia in the second millennium BCE regnal years were named after a significant eve...
This document is formatted for double-sided printing, thus explaining the inclusion of some blank pa...
Problem. The research problem of this study has been, How might church pastors and college Bible t...
In recent years, the astronomy teaching community has been called upon to include more cultural aspe...
Recently much progress has been made in the absolute dating of the Old Assyrian and Old Babylonian c...
This paper is adapted from my 2007 PhD thesis (see abstract for details), and briefly outlines its m...
International audienceThe article deals with the dating and literary environment of the Gädla Lalibä...
This thesis is divided into three distinct yet related chapters. The first chapter deals with the qu...
Regarding the chronology of the Israelite Exodus from Egypt, two major theories are readily apparent...
This illustrated article represents a popular account of the study of the Babylonian astronomical re...
The aim of this article is to discuss several groups of sources which are of special interest regard...
<strong>What are we dating? Some remarks on the dating of biblical texts</strong><p&g...
By careful study, the Bible gives us an almost exact chronology from the Cross back to the Genesis F...
Whether the biblical texts can or cannot be dated has a significant impact on the reliability, or u...