Posted by Daniel on March 28, 1998 at 13:52:26:
In Reply to: Fudging the Data posted by Joel on March 28, 1998 at 11:45:30:
Joel,
You act like you know what you are talking about. It is obvious you don't, because there is a significant minority opinion on the 398/397 date for Ezra that actually harmonizes the biblical data.
At any rate, you have not proposed any views that explain the data, "After three days," (Mk. 9:31), "three nights" (Mt. 12:40), or even Daniel's Prophecy.
Your view of Ezra also leave you without explanation of the seven sevens. Let's see 458/457 lands you in about the year 400 after seven sabbatical years. What happened then in your scheme?
If true believers study what I have to teach, they will soon be convinced of it. It is a worthy topic. Any explanation that harmonizes all the texts and takes a literal interpretation of the scripture is worthy of consideration.
As far as I can determine, it is you Joel who don't even want that examination to take place, as all you can do is hurl the rhetoric the your superior position at me.
Daniel