Using the statements from the WTS publications, it is possible to recreate the accepted list of Babylonian kings along with the lengths of their reigns.
http://au.geocities.com/doug_mason1940/WTS_support_for_the_Babylonian_king-list.pdf
Doug
WTS statements support Babylonian chronology
by Doug Mason 5 Replies latest watchtower bible
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cultswatter
I like that may 15 1971 WT article where it quotes josephus against apion. That same book also says that jerusalem was desolate for 50 years not 70. Is it not wonderful how the WTS does not mention that?
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Doug Mason
Cultswatter,
Actually it's the following verse where, after finishing this quotation from Berossus, Josephus wrote:
"These accounts agree with true history in our books; for in them it is written that Nabuchadnezzar, in the nineteenth year of his reign, laid our temple desolate, and so it lay in that state of obscurity for fifty years." (Against Apion Book 1, 21)
Doug
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cultswatter
Amazing !!
"These accounts agree with true history in our books; for in them it is written that Nabuchadnezzar, in the nineteenth year of his reign, laid our temple desolate, and so it lay in that state of obscurity for fifty years." (Against Apion Book 1, 21)
The WTS picks and chooses only the information that suits them
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Doug Mason
Cultswatter,
Thanks for your feedback. I have amended the picture to include the comment from Josephus.
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jeanV
excellent work Doug.
I believe the WTS realised they made a major mistake in endorsing Babylonian chronology and are now more vague on Evil Merodach (Insight referst to Josephus claiming Evil Merodach reigned 18 years).
As I posted somewhere else, they cannot change the length of reigns of Nebuchadnezzar and Nabonidus, therefore the only way to find the 20 missing years is to either add new kings or extend the rulerships of Evil Merodach, Neriglissar and Labashi Marduk. Both options are close to impossible (I would say impossible, but impossible is nothing) given how well documented is the period.