A REVIEW OF:

 

ROLF FURULI:  PERSIAN CHRONOLOGY AND THE LENGTH OF THE BABYLONIAN EXILE OF THE JEWS

(OSLO: ROLF FURULI A/S, 2003)

 

Chapter 1: Pages 17-37:

In Chapter 1, Furuli (1) claims that the Bible and the astronomical tablets VAT 4956 and Strm Kambys 400 "contradict each other" (pp. 17-28), and he therefore (2) questions the reliability of astronomical tablets by describing nine "potential sources of error." (pp. 28-37)

 

Chapter 2: Pages 38-46:

In Chapter 2, Furuli claims that the "most acute problem for making an absolute chronology based on astronomical tablets" is that many, "perhaps most positions of the heavenly bodies on such tablets, are calculated rather than observed." (p. 15)

 

Chapter 3: Pages 47-65:

In Chapter 3, Furuli (1) makes some general comments on the Sumerian, Akkadian, and Hebrew languages and (2) describes some "pitfalls" in reading and translating the ancient documents.

 

Chapter 4: Pages 66-92:

In Chapter 4, Furuli  (1) presents his views on "the chronological accounts of Claudius Ptolemy" and of those of some other ancient authors (pp. 66-74), then (2) discusses the 70-year prophecy of Jeremiah. (pp. 75-92)

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