New Discoveries From Qumran “Essene Revision of Jewish History”
For over a Century the Chronological History of Ancient Israel has remained problematical for Theologians, Archaeologists and Historians alike, by virtue of erroneous Biblical Chronology which exceeds the Known Parameters of Ancient Near Eastern History.
In 1992, R.P.BenDedek (M.A. - B. Soc. Sc. – Australia) whilst researching ‘Biblical Chronology’, made a startling discovery of a common mathematical thread running through ‘Biblical Chronology’, the Records of Josephus' and the ‘Damascus Document’ of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
This commonality appears to indicate that the progenitors of the Dead Sea Sect (at sometime prior to the third century BCE) altered the nations legitimate chronological historical records, replacing them with an accurate artificial synchronous equivalent, thereby extending Jewish History.
BenDedek demonstrates not only the Sectarian Process (intended to extend Jewish History by 8%), but the Synchronistic accuracy of the Substituted Artificial Data, by aligning it with current chronologies of the Ancient Near East, and demonstrating the true nature of the ‘original data’ from which the Artificial Calendar was constructed.
In demonstrating the accuracy of the synchronisms, and revealing the original history thereby recorded, He is further able to both confirm and rebut various archaeological suppositions and opinions, and provide insights into archaeological chronological records such as the ‘Kurkh Stela’ of Shalmaneser; ‘Mesha’s Stele’ (the Moabite Stone); and the chronological records of Josephus.
The Apologetics (Two [2] megabytes - ‘Free to Air’) have been published online at: www.kingscalendar.com
This discovery will be significant to all persons with an interest in Archaeology, Theology, And Ancient Near Eastern History.
“The King’s Calendar: The Secret of Qumran” Sheds New Light on Questions of Old Testament Chronology
BRISBANE AUSTRALIA November – After ten years of research into the chronological inconsistencies of the Bible’s Old Testament—primarily the books of Kings and Chronicles—theologian R.P. BenDedek has uncovered the millennia-old mystery that, he believes, was intended to result in an inflation of the chronological history of ancient Israel. Now BenDedek has published his findings in a new book, “The King’s Calendar: The Secret of Qumran,” on the Web at www.kingscalendar.com.
“For over a century, the chronological history of ancient Israel has remained problematic for theologians, archaeologists and historians alike, by virtue of biblical chronology that exceeds the known parameters of ancient Near Eastern history,”
BenDedek explained. “But when I stumbled across a common mathematical thread running through biblical chronology, the records of Josephus, and the Damascus Document of the Dead Sea Scrolls, I knew I had found something of great significance.”
That something turned out to be an artificial calendar year. When BenDedek substituted a 336-day year (twelve months of four seven-day weeks) for the Essene (364-day solar year (thirteen months of four seven-day weeks), he found that the chronological inconsistencies in I and II Kings and Chronicles disappeared.
It is unlikely, says BenDedek, that erroneous biblical chronology results from transcriptional error. He points to the historical process of biblical transcription as proof: in all cases, scholars have carefully reproduced the ancient texts with painstaking accuracy.
“The mathematical commonality I found appears to indicate that the progenitors of the Dead Sea Sect, at some time between the fifth and third centuries B.C., altered Israel’s legitimate chronological historical records, replacing them with an "accurate" artificial synchronous equivalent, thereby extending Jewish history,” said BenDedek. “In ‘King’s Calendar,’ I have reconstructed an accurate solar history of the Jews by presenting the biblical chronological synchronisms in the fashion in which they were created.”
BenDedek’s book both details the process through which Jewish history was extended and illustrates how the artificial data corresponded with historical fact by aligning it with current chronologies of the ancient Near East. In demonstrating the accuracy of the synchronisms and revealing the original history thereby recorded, BenDedek was able to both confirm and rebut various archaeological opinions and provide insights into archaeological chronological records such as the Kurkh Stela of Shalmaneser; Mesha’s Stele (the Moabite Stone); and the chronological records of Josephus.
Solving this problem and reconstructing Jewish history is by no means a simple task, nor is it fanciful or ludicrous,” concluded BenDedek.
“It is, however, a most astonishing insight into the minds and mathematical genius of those who, for their own purposes, chose to transform what they considered to be secular material into a ‘secret' history of their race.”
The Premise: Between the 5th and 3rd centuries BCE (but continuing down to at least 104 BCE), Sectarian redactors transcribed the legitimate 'solar year' chronological records of Israel and Judah, into an artificial form, with listed years as each comprised of 12 months of 4 weeks of 7 days, or 336 days per year, thus creating a 13th artificial year where 12 solar years existed.
When the Synchronous Chronological Data provided in the Books of Kings and Chronicles for the Divided Kingdom Period are measured in years of 336 days, the synchronisms actually align. [Refer to Appendix Five to see how it synchronises the Divided Kingdom Period]
General formula for Biblical Data conversion:
The formula for constructing the artificial calendar was:
'X' times 364 equals 'Y' days
'Y' days divided by 336 equals 'Z' artificial years.
Values are:
'X' = any given number of 'real/solar' years
364 = perceived days in the sectarian calendar
'Y' = number of days calculated
336 = number of days in an artificial year
'Z' = artificial years = 1.083'X' and represents the original number of the converted years plus 8%.
To reverse the process by hand:
'Z' years times 336 equals 'Y' divided by 364 equals the Number of 'X' years converted.
To see how effective this method is, SEE:Appendix 5:Diagrammatic Reconstruction of Israelite History from 936 to 586 BCE:
The Principle of Linear Causality
The King's Calendar is a very simple approach to Biblical Chronology. It substitutes a value of 336 days for every year listed in Scripture. As far as the Divided Kingdom is concerned, when you use this 336 day year value, the synchronisms actually work. To see how effective this method is, SEE:Appendix 5: Diagrammatic Reconstruction of Israelite History from 936 to 586 BCE
Because it is a mathematical system, the King's Calendar must abide by certain mathematical rules, the most important of which, is that if you change any date for any day, month, or year every other day, month, or year is effected and must also change. It's like a 'domino effect'. Chronological references cannot be 'forced' to fit, and nor can they simply be ignored or 'compressed' as is the usual case with historians and archaeologists.
If any King's Calendar chronological determination disagrees with anything in the history books, it must argue the case as to why the history books are wrong, or why the evidence for an assertion is untrustworthy. If the King's Calendar successfully defends its' position, then the history books cannot be treated as definitive, and if the King's Calendar is 'proven' wrong, then every other chronological reference it provides is also wrong.
Because of this, the King's Calendar Chronological Reconstruction of Israel's history is unique, in that its' methodology can be scientifically (mathematically) tested and demonstrated to be either true or false. Its' chronological predictions are able to be 'proved' or 'disproved'.
R.P.BenDedek is from Brisbane Australia and is the author of 'The King's Calendar: The Secret of Qumran' at http://www.kingscalendar.com His academic articles set forth Apologetics for and results of his discovery of an "artificial chronological scheme" running through the Bible, Josephus, the Damascus Documents of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Seder Olam Rabbah.
He writes photographic 'Stories from China' and social editorial commentaries, both at KingsCalendar, and as a contributing newspaper columnist. He currently teaches Conversational English in China and in addition to his English Lessons at KingsCalendar, he has created specific sites for Students of English.
