The King's Calendar is Primarily an Academic Website:
Chronological Research
The King's Calendar is a computer generated mathematical synchronism primarily of all the Biblical Chronological Data for the Divided Kingdom of Israel, but extending its' application to the chronologies of Josephus, Seder Olam Rabbah and the Damascus Documents of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
It assigns a value of 336 days per Biblical Year derived from the Hypothesis that:
The Proto-Essenes or Hasidim, firstly in Babylonia and later in Palestine, altered the true solar year history of Israel.
Counting each year as comprised of 364 days
They divided these 364 days into 7 day periods
And divided these into 4 week months
To create an artificial year of 12 months of 4 weeks of 7 days.
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 into the artificial form
Altering the legitimate history of Israel
And extending it, by creating 13 artificial years where 12 solar years once stood
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.
On that Page you will find that in addition to the first 4 chapters of the Download Version of 'The Secret of Qumran', some of the Appendicies are freely available as well.
The various academic article sections provide either explanations of various key points in the book, or additional information not contained in the book. It may seem a little strange to provide so much information free of charge, but the fact is that there is a lot to study, and merely reading each and every article provided freely is not the same as following the research as presented in the download version.
The 'Free Online' Version is designed to do three (3) things.
FIRSTLY:
It provides visitors with an introduction to the research, including a 'Precis' of all Chapters and Appendicies (See: Precis TOC at top of this page).
One can read:
Something about the author (Biography).
A little of what the book is about (What is this Volume About?)
Why such research was necessary (Defining the Problem)
How it came into being (Prologue).
The origins of the 'artificial calendar' (Chapter One).
Readers can see the effect that this discovery has on Biblical Chronology from 936 - 586 BCE (Appendicies 5 and 13).
In Chapter Four one can see a more correct chronology for the last Twenty years of Judah's history (606 - 586 BCE).
SECONDLY:
It provides the more academic minded with an apologetic for the use of the 'artificial calendar'
In chapters Two and Three, one can read the unfolding explanation of both the 'Justification' and 'Foundation' of the 'King's Calendar' chronological reconstruction of the History of Ancient Israel.
THIRDLY:
It provides Qualified Researchers with sufficient data to judge the efficacy of the hypothesis.
Not only may one read Chapters Two and Three, but may also find in Appendix Two, specific apologetic in relation to the Dead Sea Scrolls, Josephus, and Biblical Records, in reference to 'The Teacher of Righteousness'; 'Expulsion of the Hyksos'; and 'Biblical Chronology from Uzziah to Hezekiah'.
Purchase the Full Version Download:
"The Secret of Qumran"
The 'Full Version' of the 'King's Calendar' will provide further option to skip all introductory chapters (1-4), and commence immediately with a study of the effect of the 'artificial calendar', from 936 - 586 BCE (Chapter Five).
You can see on the Chapter Precis Page exactly what the full volumn contains and what each section is about.
One can for example,
examine chronological data provided by Josephus (Chapter Twenty);
see the "Chronological application of Exekiel's Vision (Ch. 22) as well as
the application of Daniel's vision of the 490 years (Ch.23).
You can study [Chapter 6 & Appendix 18] the possibility (in light of 'New Egyptian Chronologies') that Merenptah's Stele refers to King Saul's defeat and death (Sept.1011 - August 1010 BCE).
Whether you buy the Full Download Version or just use the Free Online Version, you also have access to all the articles published online at King's Calendar, a few of which are listed below.
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.
