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When did Herod the Great die?

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    When did Herod the Great die?

    I posted this topic on the Facebook page and I hope to get more opinions here on this topic.
    Andrew Steinmann has argued (back in 2009) that Herod the Great did not die in 4 B.C.E. as is traditionally thought but about 1 B.C.E. His paper can be found here.
    http://historiantigua.cl/wp-content/...reat_Reign.pdf

    What are your thoughts about this paper. Do you think that the arguments are stronger for the 4 B.C.E. position or for the 1 B.C.E. position?
    -The universe begins to look more like a great thought than a great machine.
    Sir James Jeans

    -This most beautiful system (The Universe) could only proceed from the dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being.All variety of created objects which represent order and Life in the Universe could happen only by the willful reasoning of its original Creator, whom I call the Lord God.
    Sir Isaac Newton
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    "When did Herod the Great die?"

    On his Date of Death. You're welcome!





















































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      Originally posted by Quantum Weirdness View Post
      Do you think that the arguments are stronger for the 4 B.C.E. position or for the 1 B.C.E. position?
      With one exception, the chronology given at the end of seems reasonable on the basis of the evidence presented.
      The one exception is the date given for the birth of Jesus. Nothing in the article supports that (or any particular) date as viable, and the Bible doesn't point to Herod's death being within a year or so of Jesus' birth.
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          Originally posted by Faber View Post
          six months before Passover of 4 BC, more than enough time for the events relating to his lengthy funeral procession to take place.
          Doesn't that seem a bit excessive?
          -The universe begins to look more like a great thought than a great machine.
          Sir James Jeans

          -This most beautiful system (The Universe) could only proceed from the dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being.All variety of created objects which represent order and Life in the Universe could happen only by the willful reasoning of its original Creator, whom I call the Lord God.
          Sir Isaac Newton

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