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On 19 Jan 1999 02:11:19 GMT  ftao93@aol.com (FTao93) wondered:
>I apologize,...
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Apologizing right off the bat? I'm impressed.
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>...but the information you provided doesn't give any hint as to anything.
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And no wonder, since I've "hinted" at nothing; rather, my information
is entirely accurate, clear and succinct: not a "hint" to be found!
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>How did you come by all this information,
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A: self-explanatory(hint: look up the word 'facts' in your dictionary).
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>...since there is absoluteley no exact dates in the Bible itself.
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You're loathsomely ill-informed, professor.
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>In fact, our current and silly calendar was not even put into use until
>after half of the Bible was already written!
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Be edified:
• The last book of the Hebrew Canon, Revelation of John, was
  completed no later than 96 AD at the Greek island of Patmos.
  The oldest known complete koiˇne´ Greek codex of the New
  Covenant portion of the Hebrew Canon is Codex Aleph/Sinaiticus,
  discovered at Mt. Sinai in 1844-59, dated ~2nd century AD;

• The International Standard Gregorian Calendar was introduced
  in 1582 under Pope Gregory XIII(Ugo Buoncompagni, 1502-1585)
  based on a formal proposal solicited from Jesuit astronomer
  Christopher Clavius(1537-1612), which he’d compiled based on
  some suggestions by astronomer and physician Luigi Lilio(?-1576),
  but most especially, he'd based it on the meticulous work of 7th-
  century Anglo-Saxon monk, scholar, historian and theologian, the
  most venerable St. Bede(673-735). This proposal/papal bull
  officially appeared in February 1582;

• The Julian Calendar was invented by Greek scholar and Alexandrian
  astronomer Sosigenes in 44 BC at the behest of Gaius Julius Cćsar,
  although not made operational until 2 AD under emperor Augustus;

• The Julian Day number system is the preferred dating system used.
  The Julian dating system commonly used by astronomers must NOT be
  confused with the Julian calendar, but was named for the classical
  scholar Julius Cćsar Scaliger(1484-1558) by his son Joseph Justis
  Scaliger(1540-1609), a prolific writer whose works were published
  posthumously in 1610. Among his crowning achievements was a
  scientific study of previous calendars entitled 'Opus de
  emendatione tempore'(dated 1583).
     The first Julian day of the Julian Period("Scaliger Cycle" of 7980
  years) was assigned by Scaliger as day ZERO(0) starting at at precisely
  12 AM GMT January 1, 4713 BC(proleptic Julian calendar).  Astronomical
  calculations are based on the same Julian system but are exactly 12
  hours LATER plus one whole year LATER than this for BC dates, so that
  -4712-01-01 = 12 PM GMT January 1, 4713 BC, thusly Julian dates are
  calculated by adding the number of days from -4712-01-01 plus the
  mathematical fraction of that particular day counting from noon +/-.
  And while Scaliger originally designated 12 AM GMT as xx.00, it is
  convention for all astronomical calculations to recognize xx.00 as
  12 *PM* (noon)GMT beginning a Julian day, with xx.25 as 6 PM GMT,
  xx.50 as 12 AM, etc.
     Historical/chronological dating is typically rendered as an simple
  integer, e.g., anytime starting 12 AM GMT Thursday, September 19, 457
  BC through 11:59 PM GMT corresponds to Julian Day 1554766, while in
  astronomical terms that same Julian date is reckoned in Jerusalem,
  Israel would be JD 1554766.00000 *only* at 2:00:00 PM Jerusalem time,
  since Jerusalem time is at GMT +02:00. IOW, 12:00 PM(noon) in Jerusalem
  is only **10:00 AM** in Greenwich, England, so 12:00 PM in Jerusalem on
  September 19, 457 BC corresponds to JD 1554765.91667, since 22/24's of
  1 = 0.9166666666667, truncated to five decimal places = 0.91667, which
  is added to the PREVIOUS Julian day. My New Moon/Full Moon astronomical
  data is provided for reference to the Jewish lunisolar calendar dates,
  since these months don't always begin on the new moon[Heb. molad], but
  are often delayed for one or two days pending *observation* of the new
  moon, but ALSO in accordance with strictly-observed Jewish lunisolar
  calendar rules, most of which calendric rules are based in the Hebrew
  Torah(Law), and in ALL cases have been based on both observation AND
  calculation from the time of Moses(!). Quoting here directly from the
  Universal Jewish Encyclopedia's article 'New Moon':
    "...It was not until the middle of the 4th cent. B.C.E. [before the
    Christian era] that the astronomical calculation of the new moon,
    which had, for along time, and up to that period, been guarded as
    the secret knowledge of the dynasty of the Patriarchs [Abraham,
    Isaac and Jacob] in Palestine, was made public."
  12th-Century scholar Moses ben Maimon[a.k.a. Maimonides] understood
  that the rules of calculation were explicitly given to Moses on Sinai,
  and thereafter, that molad proclamational authority issued forth from
  the Elders, the Court of the Sanhedrin, quoting here from 'The Code of
  Maimonides' 3-8, Sanctification of the New Moon:
    "...The court followed a tradition transmitted by the Sages from one
    generation to another on the authority of Moses" ... "on the basis
    of calculation."
  Maimonides CLEARLY understood that this calculation had since Moses'
  day enjoyed *precedence* over observation alone...and why not? e.g,
  just look at 1Ki4:7, and 1Chr27:1-15, showing normal years of twelve
  months, while comparing Ezek 1:1-2 with 3:4,15-16, and Ezek 8:1[ibid],
  show that fully 437 days must have elapsed between these chapters 1-8,
  proving that a 13th intercalary month was added with 6 days to spare
  (avg. 29.5 d/m)! See also Exo 34:22 where "the Feast of Ingathering
  [Tabernacles] is at[near] **year's end**[Heb. tkufah, equinox, either
  spring or fall]. And there's MORE scriptural and secular-historical
  evidences for the ancient lunisolar calendar(e.g. Elephantine and
  Kraeling 6 Aramaic Papyri), but I'll leave you with this verse
  pending followup(s):

          "And God made two great lights; the greater
          light to rule the day, and the lesser light
          to rule the night: he made the stars also."
          --Gen 1:16 KJV
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>Perhaps you should think  about  what  you  say.
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Next case, please...

        :)