Jeffro
It truly is laughable that you imagine that referring to the date of an event is a 'date stamp' that necessarily establishes the date of writing. Surely you can't really be that stupid. Although, given that your related 'explanation' is that the book must be magical, you probably are. Neither Ezekiel nor Daniel are magical books, but it is indeed true that statements in Ezekiel help confirm the length of the siege on Jerusalem prior to its destruction (though the verses in Ezekiel are not required to properly calculate the duration when the dating systems are correctly understood).
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Nothing to laugh about as i did not write these two prophetic books. The simple fact is that both writings set in the sixth century BC contain numerous date stamps as in the case of Daniel and Exilic time stamps in Ezekiel which enables not only ancient readers but modern-day readers to know not only the time period of these writings but the date of their composition. Today, people are familiar with a digital camera that once purchased, the current date and time are set into the camera and the henceforth future date and time is logged thus such information can be suitable as evidence in a trial or hearing. Similarly, daily newspapers have the time of composition of that paper as part of the masthead. I am seeking from the Editor of the Jerusalem Post as to whether there are any newspapers or bulletins from Babylon in the NB Period written by any reporters concerning the visions of Ezekiel and Daniel and I will forward such documentation to you upon its receipt.
Your comment that Ezekiel helps confirm the length of Jerusalem's siege is interesting as it is based on exilic date stamps which you are happy to accept but you choose to ignore the relevance of the date stamps in Daniel. Please explain!
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It truly is laughable that you imagine that referring to the date of an event is a 'date stamp' that necessarily establishes the date of writing. Surely you can't really be that stupid. Although, given that your related 'explanation' is that the book must be magical, you probably are. Neither Ezekiel nor Daniel are magical books, but it is indeed true that statements in Ezekiel help confirm the length of the siege on Jerusalem prior to its destruction (though the verses in Ezekiel are not required to properly calculate the duration when the dating systems are correctly understood).
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Yes, you were not talking about the date of Ezekiel's composition but you are quite wrong in saying that the length of the siege is 30 months. The siege of Jerusalem of 18 months is properly described in 2 Ki. 25:1,2. The siege began on the 10th day of the 10th month of the 11th year of King Zedekiah which corresponds to 10th Tebeth (early January) 609 BCE until the 9th day of the 4th month of the 11th year of King Zedekiah which corresponds to the 9th Tammuz (end of July) 607 BCE which represents a duration of 18 months accepted by mainstream scholarship.
The length of the siege was witnessed and experienced by the prophet Jeremiah, the author of 2 Kings whereas the prophet Ezekiel only heard about it late thirdhand.
The beginning of the siege as stated in 2 Ki.25:1 is confirmed by Ezekiel in Ezek.24:1 and the end of the siege in 2 Ki. 25:2 is later confirmed by a later report received by Ezekiel in Ezek.33:21 wqhich gives support to the siege's duration of 18 months.
Regarding the foregoing it can be properly reckoned that Daniel was writen in Babylon c.536 BCE covering the period c.618 BCE - 536 BCE and Ezekiel again was written in Babylon in 591 BCE covering the period c. 613 BCE - 591 BCE.
scholar JW
