Bible Dates : Bible Calendars : Josephus: Ancient Jewsish Writings: History of the Jews:
Josephus, The Jewish Historian & The KingsCalendar Special Offer.
'The King's Calendar: The Secret of Qumran' contains a chapter within it devoted specifically to the deconstruction and reconstruction of Josephus' Chronological details.
The premise of 'The King's Calendar', is that between the 5th and 3rd centuries BC, as the ancient books were collected and collated, the historical chronological details were converted into a 'religious/sectarian' calendar. As these same people were largely responsible for the production of these records (the Bible as we know it did not arrive until centuries later), and as no former copies remained, their particular historical chronology passed down through history as the 'real and legitimate' chronology of Israel.
Many people who have examined the 'Free to Air' 'King's Calendar files (which do not provide access to research on Josephus), have expressed doubt about my claim to be able to deconstruct and reassemble Josephus' chronological material. For this reason I am making these files available for a limited time.
Appendix 12 ((Chronologies of Josephus 104 BCE to 1940 BCE) ) will be freely available online for a limited time, in order to provide all interested parties an opportunity to freely assess the validity of the KingsCalendar reconstruction of Josephus' chronologies.
Additionally, Appendix 17 (The 292 years from the Flood to Abraham) which list each and every year of each and every chronological reference, (1500 line/years) is available for a limited time to students for easy calculation in relation to the New Seder Olam Rabbah Series.
Firstly it is in response to 'lay' inquiries about the likely success of the King's Calendar reconstruction of Josephus' material, and
Secondly, it is to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the KingsCalendar being on sale on the internet.
Because there are numerous sites on the internet that claim to solve the problems involved in Biblical Chronology, I have received some disparaging feedback about my site. This was to be expected and does not upset me. What does upset me are those occasions on which I have received negative feedback from some who call themselves academics, who like to throw off at my work, but who can not argue against it's validity, in any rational way.
Although some have claimed that no chronological problems exist, and others claim that the chronological problems are impossible to solve by 'sole reliance' upon the Bible, no one to date has been able to debunk my research results.
On one Academic internet site my research was dismissed, (without investigation or rebuttal) because it had never been submitted to a 'peer review'.
But in fact, a number of institutions (including BiblioTheca Sacra, Dallas USA and Vetus Testamentum in Holland), turned down articles submitted to them, on the basis that my work was 'too technical' for their readership. (Rejection letters available to interested parties).
Being unable to have my papers 'peer reviewed', I finally set up my own website and published there.
So, for all those interested in understanding the Chronological Material found in the works of Josephus, the two files listed will be available, 'free to air' for a limited time.
R.P.BenDedek November 2008
To see how effective the King's Calendar method of synchronising the Biblical data is, SEE : Appendix 5: Diagrammatic Reconstruction of Israelite History from 936 to 586 BCE
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.
