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Has anyone read Thucydides - beside the author of Daniel?
by kepler in
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belshazzar was the son of nabonidus the king.

darius i was a persian king who reigned after cyrus from 522 to 486 bc.

he succeeded the son of neriglissar, labashi-marduk who reigned for only nine months and was put to death in a conspiracy.. .
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Analysis of the Book of Daniel
by Londo111 in
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i had hoped one or two others were about to start a thread on the book of daniel, springing off from the nwt conversation, but alas, nobody has yet.

therefore, i thought i'd start one--i hope that was not too presumptuous of me.

personally, i have nothing meaty to contribute to this thread, only questions and gut feelings.
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What happened to Rolf Furuli?
by Vidqun in
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rolf seems to have disappeared from the face of the earth.

he is not active on b-hebrew or other message boards anymore.

i wrote to him with a query, and has not heard a thing.
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Who is Rolf Furuli?
by possible-san in
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is he a reliable scholar?.

(most of anti-jehovah's witnesses in japan hardly know his name.).

is he an active jehovah's witness?.
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Is Rolf Furuli's second book on chronology still in print?
by VM44 in
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does anyone know if rolf furuli's second book on chronology is still in print?.

his website is no longer online, so where can a person order his books?.
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A very good read...
by Augustin in
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jonsson's take (part 1) on latest watchtower attempt to defend 607 bce as the year jerusalem fell:.

http://kristenfrihet.se/vtsvar/vtsvar1.pdf.

:).
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Hunger vs. Furuli
by Augustin in
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http://goto.glocalnet.net/kf4/dating.htm.

interesting .

- augustin -.
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Who promotes the earlier date for the composition of Daniel?
by Doug Mason in
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i have been researching the "70 sevens" prophecy at daniel 9:24ff.. one topic relates to determining the date when daniel was written.

the www provides unnumerable hits on the subject.. i wondered if everyone who promotes the earlier 6th century bce date of composition interpret chapter 9 as referring to jesus christ.. i likewise i wondered whether everyone who promotes the later 164 bce date says chapter 9 refers to antiochus epiphanes.. is it possible that anyone who believes in the earlier date of the composition of daniel also believes that the writer was predicting the activities of antiochus epiphanes?.

doug.
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Hiding the Divine Name - The WT Society and Hebrew Versions of the NT
by cabasilas in
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in the spring of 1980, i was re-investigating my beliefs as a jehovah's witness and this led me to discussions with some people who had done a bit of research on the new world translation.

one of the questions that was disturbing me was the apparent ease the new testament writers quoted old testament passages about jehovah and applied them to christ.

i knew i couldn't get away with that at the kingdom hall, but why did paul, peter and other disciples do this?
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The "Seventy Years" explained
by Doug Mason in
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here is a picture-based explanation of the "seventy years" prophesied by jeremiah.. http://au.geocities.com/doug_mason1940/70_years_of_servitude.pdf.

please note that there are several pages and that you should set your pdf reader to full page.. as i said before, i have a red-green color vision deficiency, but this time i have taken the plunge and used color.

please tell me where i need to make corrections with the colors.. as always, i appreciate your suggestions for improvements, corrections and additions.. doug.