Vanderhoven 7
Babylon fell -- 539 BCE accepted date for the Fall of Babylon
Exile of the Jews - Babylonian or Jewish Exile widely accepted as a historical reality of a fixed and known duration. Not a myth
Return of the Jews - 537 BCE widely accepted as a historical reality. Some scholars date to either 536 or 538 BCE
Length of Exile - 70 years of Jeremiah as stated in the OT for a singular event in time and place
Beginning of Exile - 607 BCE with the Fall of Jerusalem
Exilic Period - 70 years constituted three elements as a period of Exile at Babylon-Desolation of Judah-Serviude at/for Babylon.
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scholar JW