TY - JOUR
T1 - The Date of the Destruction of the First Temple in Ancient Versions and in Early Biblical Interpretation
AU - Avioz, Michael
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The date of the destruction of the first temple is recorded in twocontradictory biblical sources: according to 2 Kgs 25:8, the date is theseventh of Ab, while in Jer 52:12 it is the tenth of Ab. In a previous article,we tried to decide between the two versions.
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Our conclusion was that thedate in Jer 52 is to be preferred over the one in Kings. In the present articlewe will examine and evaluate the testimony of different textual witnesses toKings and to Jeremiah as well as the early biblical interpretation of thisissue
AB - The date of the destruction of the first temple is recorded in twocontradictory biblical sources: according to 2 Kgs 25:8, the date is theseventh of Ab, while in Jer 52:12 it is the tenth of Ab. In a previous article,we tried to decide between the two versions.
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Our conclusion was that thedate in Jer 52 is to be preferred over the one in Kings. In the present articlewe will examine and evaluate the testimony of different textual witnesses toKings and to Jeremiah as well as the early biblical interpretation of thisissue
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U2 - 10.1163/2589255x-02201006
DO - 10.1163/2589255x-02201006
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SN - 0082-3767
VL - 22
SP - 87
EP - 94
JO - Textus
JF - Textus
IS - 1
ER -