Reply To: The Missing 165 Years – Discrepancy Between Jewish and Secular Calendars

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May 7, 2014 3:39 pm at 3:39 pm #1014215
rabbiofberlin
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MDG: The problem of this matter is that a multitude of (secular) historical records indicate that the churban of bays rishon was in 586 BC. Even if we accept that Shimon Hatsaddik was part of the Knesset Hagedolah and validating his meeting with Alexander the Great), there is still the matter of a 166-year gap (from 586 to 420)that is in conflict with other historical records. The major problem is that,according to chazal, the golus bovel was seventy years long and this would be in direct conflict to historical records.