Poll: You tell me, was it 587 BCE or 586 BCE? 6 4 Feb, 2009 in Bible / Poll tagged Jerusalem by Christian Brady [poll id=”18″] Share this:Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)MoreClick to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading... Related
Reply ↓ Sam Harrelson February 4, 2009 at 3:34 pm I love that your question about this on Twitter a couple of days back is ranking higher than a Wikipedia page! http://skitch.com/samharrelson/bdtsp/586-or-587-bce-google-search Oh, and 587.
Reply ↓ Chris Brady Post author February 4, 2009 at 3:45 pm Now THAT is the measure of success! Thanks for posting this Sam:
Reply ↓ Chris Brady Post author February 4, 2009 at 3:52 pm By the way, this discussion from the b-Hebrew list that comes up in the Google search is actually pretty good.
Reply ↓ Beth February 4, 2009 at 4:11 pm So… the question is… to believe Wikipedia (587 BCE) or the Jewish Virtual Library (586 BCE)? When I entered your question in Google search, it gave me http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/The_Temple.html as the first ranked page.
Reply ↓ Chris Brady Post author February 4, 2009 at 4:53 pm Coincidentally that follows the scholarship in that older works say 586 (Telushkin as cited by JVL) and more recent scholarship that uses 587 (Wiki).
Reply ↓ Bryan Bibb February 4, 2009 at 5:11 pm All of my student handouts say 587/586 BCE. Don’t even get me started about Solomon’s date.
I love that your question about this on Twitter a couple of days back is ranking higher than a Wikipedia page!
http://skitch.com/samharrelson/bdtsp/586-or-587-bce-google-search
Oh, and 587.
Now THAT is the measure of success! Thanks for posting this Sam:
By the way, this discussion from the b-Hebrew list that comes up in the Google search is actually pretty good.
So… the question is… to believe Wikipedia (587 BCE) or the Jewish Virtual Library (586 BCE)? When I entered your question in Google search, it gave me http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/The_Temple.html as the first ranked page.
Coincidentally that follows the scholarship in that older works say 586 (Telushkin as cited by JVL) and more recent scholarship that uses 587 (Wiki).
All of my student handouts say 587/586 BCE. Don’t even get me started about Solomon’s date.