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MINI-THREAD: #Biblical #Chronology, the #Seder #Olam, and the #LXX.
TITLE: Too long in #Lockdown.
SUB-TITLE: ...although at least I now have multiple ways to calculate how long I’ve been here...
TITLE: Too long in #Lockdown.
SUB-TITLE: ...although at least I now have multiple ways to calculate how long I’ve been here...
I’m presently working my way through the Seder Olam--a 2nd cent. AD (or so I’m told) Rabbinic text which deals with the chronology of Scripture.
I highly recommend it.
Below is an interesting phenomen I’ve observed.
I highly recommend it.
Below is an interesting phenomen I’ve observed.
The author (Rabbi Yose) likes to ‘back out’ (i.e., infer) absent numbers from long-term measurements of time.
Or at least that’s how it looks to me.
Or at least that’s how it looks to me.
