Press Releases - KingsCalendar:A common mathematical thread running through biblical chronology, the records of Josephus, and the Damascus Document of the Dead Sea Scrolls. - 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." 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.
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."
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About the KingsCalendar Publisher
R.P.BenDedek is the owner and Editor of KingsCalendar.com which was originally set up to publicize his research results into the Chronology of Ancient Israel. Those results were published under the title: 'The King's Calendar: The Secret of Qumran'.
Whilst there have been many attempts to solve the chronological riddle of the Bible's synchronisms of reigns of the kings of Israel and Judah and their synchronism with other Ancient Near Eastern Nations, no other research is based on a simple mathematical formula which could, if it is incorrect, be disproved easily. To date, no one has been able to dismiss the mathematical results of this research.
Free to air 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.
During the current economic downturn, this book has been dramatically reduced in price but will eventually rise as the economy improves.
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R.P. BenDedek writes social commentaries and photographic 'Stories from China' both at KingsCalendar, and as a contributing columnist at Magic City Morning Star News in Maine USA.
