Actually, some scholars believe Ezekiel to be a third century fiction, and no reputable scholars believe that the 6th century writing survived without redactional gloss. For example, the book has Ezekiel travelling between Jerusalem and Babylon--what kind of exile was this exactly if the protagonist was free to move between both countries? At best, ch. 1-24 are pre-exilic. Secondly, support your assertion that God was measuring in Lunar years. A lunar year is 354 days long, and to make up for the shortfall, a twelfth month was inserted after
Adar (February/March) every 36 lunar months. In other words, the lunar calendar used by the Jews was
artificially corrected to account correspond with the solar year, and to so your proposal fails on this count (or would you like to switch to the Essene calender?). Thirdly, it fails on simple mathematics:
Lunar year = 354 days
Solar year = 365.24 days
360 x 7 = 2520 lunar years
= 354/365.24 x 2520 solar years
= 2442.4488 years
- 536 BCE
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1906
(+1 since there's no 0 BCE/CE)
=1907.
Try harder next time.
Joel
[This message has been edited by Celsus, 04-14-2003]
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