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Earlier research has indicated these tests typically have 96100% sensitivity and specificity (Garcia and Shimizu, Reference Garcia and Shimizu1997; Boone et al., Reference Boone, Wilkins, Nash, Brandon, Macias, Jerris and Lyerly1999). However, our ability to cross-check with alternative molecular methods is outside the scope of our current investigation. The funeral in Israel of an American-born Israeli woman who spent more than twenty years in a coma after she was badly wounded by the Palestinian suicide bombing of a Jerusalem pizza restaurant . While their health impact today is known to be significant, it is much more of a challenge to identify pathogens that cause diarrhoea and dysentery in past populations. (Histories, Book I, Clio, 214) Cuneiform tablets show that Cyrus ruled Babylon for nine years before his death. The siege of Jerusalem of 70 CE was the decisive event of the First Jewish-Roman War (66-73 CE), in which the Roman army led by future emperor Titus besieged Jerusalem, the center of Jewish rebel resistance in the Roman province of Judaea.Following a five-month siege, the Romans destroyed the city and the Second Jewish Temple.. After a siege of about five months, the city was thoroughly destroyed and the temple reduced to ruins. The writings of classical historians contain significant errors and are not always consistent with the records on clay tablets. Chana Nachenberg was 31 at the time of the attack . What evidence is revealed by datable cuneiform documents, many of which were written by ancient eyewitnesses?

Years before the destruction, the Jewish prophet Jeremiah provided an essential clue to the time frame given in the Bible. Evidently, he did not consider them to be legitimate rulers of Babylon.10 For example, he excluded Labashi-Marduk, a Neo-Babylonian king. Suddenly, Jews were once again tilling the land and reaping wheat in the summer. Menu In the past Berossus has usually been viewed as a historian, states S.M.Burstein, who made a thorough study of Berossus works. The Giardia ELISA plate values are given for each of the 3 analyses in Table 1, and image of the plate is shown in Fig. But why did the Jews experience such awful suffering and devastation? wrote that Cyrus became king of Persia in the opening year of the Fifty-fifth Olympiad. (Historical Library, BookIX,21) That year was 560B.C.E. So Cyrus last year would have been 530B.C.E., making 539B.C.E.

This suggestion is further supported by the evidence for an artificial garden (Langgut, Reference Langgut2022). . The others were found out of context in various excavations (Vukosavovi, Reference Vukosavoviin press, Reference Vukosavovi2023). However, the Uruk King Lista part of the cuneiform recordreveals that seven kings ruled in between. stated that Cyrus was killed after he had reigned twenty-nine years, which would put his death during his 30th year, in 530B.C.E. Ptolemy explained that by using astronomical calculations based in part on eclipses, we have derived to compute back to the beginning of the reign of Nabonassar, the first king on his list.4 Thus, Christopher Walker of the British Museum says that Ptolemys canon was an artificial scheme designed to provide astronomers with a consistent chronology and was not to provide historians with a precise record of the accession and death of kings.5, It has long been known that the Canon is astronomically reliable, writes Leo Depuydt, one of Ptolemys most enthusiastic defenders, but this does not automatically mean that it is historically dependable. Regarding this list of kings, Professor Depuydt adds: As regards the earlier rulers [who included the Neo-Babylonian kings], the Canon would need to be compared with the cuneiform record on a reign by reign basis.6, What is this cuneiform record that enables us to measure the historical accuracy of Ptolemys canon? (2Kings 24:8-17) But then things drastically changed. For simplicity, we will refer to 587B.C.E. 5 Jehovahs Witnesses produce a reliable Bible translation known as the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures. This two-part series presents thoroughly researched and Bible-based answers to questions that have puzzled some readers. against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. (Jeremiah 25:4, 5, 8, 9, NIV) While nearby nations would also suffer Babylons wrath, the destruction of Jerusalem and the 70-year exile to follow were called by Jeremiah the punishment of my people, for Jerusalem had sinned greatly.Lamentations 1:8; 3:42; 4:6, NIV. 8. Giardia is a flagellated protozoan parasite that lives in the small intestine as a pear-shaped trophozoite measuring 920m in size, and as an oval infectious cyst that typically measures 812m. a Both years are mentioned in secular sources. A 1g subsample of each was disaggregated using 0.5% trisodium phosphate solution, to form a suspension. This two-part series presents thoroughly researched and Bible-based answers to questions that have puzzled some readers. . Though the classical historians and the canon of Ptolemy disagree with this date, valid questions can be raised about the accuracy of their writings.

Counting back from that year would place Jerusalems destruction in 607B.C.E. To the Jewish refugees in Egypt, God said through Jeremiah: You have seen all the disaster that I brought upon Jerusalem and upon all the cities of Judah. 65.

No test is completely accurate all the time, so an understanding of the limitations of the tests used here is helpful. Bible chronology strongly indicates that the destruction occurred in 607B.C.E. takes us back to 539B.C.E. THE WATCHTOWER October2011, Share Garcia and Shimizu, Reference Garcia and Shimizu1997; Van den Bossche et al., Reference Van den Bossche, Cnops, Verschueren and Van Esbroeck2015). Scholar R. J. van der Spek, while acknowledging that Berossus consulted the Babylonian chronicles, wrote: This did not prevent him from making his own additions and interpretations.2, How do other scholars view Berossus? I have found some history and early philosophy, I'd like to share, concerning the dispensation of the Israelites after the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple in 70 CE. This was passed through a stack of microsieves with mesh sizes 300, 160 and 20m to remove large soil particles, and the material that passed through the 20m sieve was used for ELISA analysis. The writings of classical historians contain significant errors and are not always consistent with the records on clay tablets. Ptolemy omits some kings in his list. The Watchtower Society of Jehovah's Witnesses claims that the date of Jerusalem's destruction is 607 BC as opposed to the 587 bc - 586 bc stated by historians and expert archaeologists. when the capital city of Babylon was captured.

When Was Ancient Jerusalem Destroyed?Part One.

Soon the Roman armies under Titus returned. Journal of Cuneiform Studies, Volume47, 1995, pages106-107. However, not all infections cause symptoms (Ryan et al., Reference Ryan, Hijjawi, Feng and Xiao2019; Adam, Reference Adam2021).

Although the robust eggs of intestinal helminths have been shown to survive thousands of years in the remains of human feces from the near east (Harter-Lailheuge et al., Reference Harter-Lailheugue, Le Mort, Vigne, Guilaine, Le Brun and Bouchet2005; Ledger et al., Reference Ledger, Anastasiou, Shillito, Mackay, Bull, Haddow, Knusel and Mitchell2019; Mitchell, Reference Mitchell2023), the fragile cysts of protozoa are easily deformed and damaged as feces decompose due to the action of soil microorganisms. Another study based in 3 separate institutions that used fresh stool microscopy and ELISA found the Techlab Giardia II kit to have 91100% sensitivity, and 97.8100% specificity, depending on the institution (Boone et al., Reference Boone, Wilkins, Nash, Brandon, Macias, Jerris and Lyerly1999). With these results expanding our knowledge of early Giardia infection in humans, we can consider how this impacts our understanding of the role of giardiasis in human evolution (Mitchell, Reference Mitchell2013). (Anatolian Studies, Vol. When did the 70 years commence? In a historian such flaws would be damning, but then Berossus purpose was not historical.3. The decree ending their exile was issued in the first year of Cyrus the king of Persia. (See the box A Pivotal Date in History.) Thus, by the fall of 537B.C.E., the Jews had returned to Jerusalem to restore true worship.Ezra 1:1-5; 2:1; 3:1-5. 1. Microscopic investigations have previously shown that the users were infected by whipworm (Trichuris trichiura), roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides), Taenia sp. In a historian such flaws would be damning, but then Berossus purpose was not historical.3. .

Date: May 26, 2023. HOW DOES PTOLEMYS CANON COMPARE WITH ANCIENT TABLETS? Second, because knowing the actual year when this ultimate catastrophe began and understanding how the restoration of true worship in Jerusalem fulfilled a precise Bible prophecy will build your confidence in the reliability of Gods Word. PRIVACY POLICY We are grateful to Techlab, Blacksburg, VA, USA, for donating the ELISA test kits used in this research.

Mesopotamia and Iran in the Persian Period, pages17-18. Jesus foretold what would happen: "The days will come upon you when your enemies will build around you a fortification with pointed stakes." ( Lu 19:41-44) He also said: "When you see Jerusalem surrounded by encamped armies, then . Within the estate garden a cubical stone object was found with a shallow curved surface for sitting, a large central hole for defecating and an adjacent hole likely for male urination (Fig. Infective diarrhoeal illness may be caused by pathogens such as viruses, bacteria and protozoan parasites. Also, for more than a year, there was no king in the land.9 Yet, all of this is left out of Ptolemys canon. There is strong evidenceand most scholars agreethat the Jewish exiles were back in their homeland by 537B.C.E. may have been present in the Near East region prior to the Roman period. (Leviticus 25:1-5, NIV) Because of the disobedience of Gods people, whose sins may have included a failure to observe all the Sabbath years, the punishment was that their land would remain unworked and deserted for 70 years.Leviticus 26:27, 32-35, 42,43. Berossus wrote that Assyrian King Sennacherib followed the reign of [his] brother; and after him his son [Esarhaddon ruled for] 8 years; and thereafter Sammuges [Shamash-shuma-ukin] 21 years. (III, 2.1,4) However, Babylonian historical documents written long before Berossus time say that Sennacherib followed his father, SargonII, not his brother, to the throne; Esarhaddon ruled for 12 years, not8; and Shamash-shuma-ukin ruled for 20 years, not21. let those in Judea begin fleeing to the mountains.Lu 21:20,21. P. D. M. and T. W. performed the ELISA analysis.

. . Positive results from both latrine sediments were noted for G. duodenalis on the 3 dates the analysis was repeated. A wide range of ELISA kits manufactured by different companies are available for the detection of the protozoa that cause dysentery (see e.g. Those who were not slaughtered were taken as captives to Babylon. (b) What did his actions foretell? And what year was that? Recent assessment of the gene sequences of Giardia species complex has noted a number of distinct host-specific assemblages (Wielinga et al., Reference Wielinga, Williams, Monis and Thompson2023), but detection using ELISA is not able to differentiate each assemblage. . Berossus wrote that Assyrian King Sennacherib followed the reign of [his] brother; and after him his son [Esarhaddon ruled for] 8 years; and thereafter Sammuges [Shamash-shuma-ukin] 21 years. (III, 2.1,4) However, Babylonian historical documents written long before Berossus time say that Sennacherib followed his father, SargonII, not his brother, to the throne; Esarhaddon ruled for 12 years, not8; and Shamash-shuma-ukin ruled for 20 years, not21. "According to historians and archaeologists, 586 or 587 B.C.E.

stated that Cyrus was killed after he had reigned twenty-nine years, which would put his death during his 30th year, in 530B.C.E. These are identified with lunar eclipses visible at Babylon on July16, 523B.C.E., and on January10, 522B.C.E., thus pointing to the spring of 523B.C.E. The poor ones were, however, left behind.

According to historians and archaeologists, 586 or 587B.C.E. Almagest, III, 7, translated by G.J.Toomer, in Ptolemys Almagest, published 1998, page166. Actually, the Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar attacked Jerusalem twice, years apart. While humans evolved in East Africa, so far Giardia has not been found in early human populations there, such as ancient Egypt (Anastasiou and Mitchell, Reference Anastasiou, Mitchell and Mitchell2015).

This again is reassuring. Counting back 70 years, the start date of the period would be 607B.C.E. Thus, nine years prior to his death in 530B.C.E. Confirmation by a cuneiform tablet: A Babylonian astronomical clay tablet (BM 33066) confirms the date of Cyrus death in 530B.C.E. Map indicating location of House of Ahiel and Armon ha-Natziv, where the 2 Iron Age latrines were found at excavation.

But according to cuneiform documents, the kings whom Ptolemy omitted actually ruled over Babylonia. Ptolemys list of kings is considered the backbone of the chronology of ancient history, including the Neo-Babylonian period. Ptolemys list of kings is considered the backbone of the chronology of ancient history, including the Neo-Babylonian period. When we integrate descriptions from 2nd and 1st millennium BCE Mesopotamian medical texts, it seems likely that outbreaks of dysentery due to giardiasis may have caused ill health throughout early towns across the region. What would that do to the Jehovah's Witnesses' beliefs on the end days? Some scholars contend that certain kings were omitted by Ptolemywho supposedly listed only kings of Babylonbecause these were called by the title King of Assyria. However, as you will note in the box on page30, several kings included in Ptolemys canon also had the title King of Assyria. Economic tablets, cuneiform letters, and inscriptions clearly reveal that kings Ashur-etel-ilani, Sin-shumu-lishir, and Sin-sharra-ishkun ruled over Babylonia. The fall of the city marked the effective conclusion of a four-year campaign against the Jewish insurgency in Judaea. Image credit: Piers Mitchell.

Causes of the War of 66-70 Your caption text here In 66, the Roman emperor Nero needed money, and ordered his representative in Judaea, Gessius Florus, to confiscate it from the Temple treasure. However, further questions remain. in this series. 6. For simplicity, we will refer to 587B.C.E. The economic tablet C.B.M. When did the land of Judah become desolated and unworked?

Table 1. Symptomatic infection by Giardia is termed giardiasis. This means they are extremely hard to detect using standard light microscopy.

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