But fundies insist that this stuff is literal and then ignore the problems caused.
I found this on a xtian forum. Interesting, if true, and the Rosetta online calculator is a legitimate web site.
Two Fridays. But 33 is too early for Herod's marriage issues which caused john to be arrested/executed and jesus to start his "ministry."
36 - which does conform to Josephus ( to a degree ) and the gospels does not leave a lot of time for "jesus" to do all his magic tricks and still be back in Jerusalem in time to be executed by Pilate on his way out the door.
None of this is a problem for me. I regard the whole story as a later concoction which was written and inserted onto a dimly understood framework of history by the gospel writers who were not terribly interested in history lessons to begin with...except for "Luke" who had a sense of history akin to a gerbil.
But it does drive the fundies nuts. And I enjoy that.
I found this on a xtian forum. Interesting, if true, and the Rosetta online calculator is a legitimate web site.
Quote:Based on the dates provided by Sir Robert Anderson in his The Coming Prince (Kregel: Grand Rapids, p. 104), we used the Rosetta Calendar online calendar conversion service to establish which days of the week Passover fell upon between the years 29 AD (our starting point) and 37 AD. Here are Anderson’s dates and their respective days of the week (please note that these are Julian rather than Gregorian dates):
Passover of 29 AD fell on a Sunday (April 17th)
Passover of 30 AD fell on a Thursday (April 6th)
Passover of 31 AD fell on a Tuesday (March 27th)
Passover of 32 AD fell on a Monday (April 14th)
Passover of 33 AD fell on a Friday (April 3rd)
Passover of 34 AD fell on a Tuesday (March 23rd)
Passover of 35 AD fell on a Monday (April 11th)
Passover of 36 AD fell on a Friday (March 30th)
Passover of 37 AD fell on a Thursday (April 18th)
Two Fridays. But 33 is too early for Herod's marriage issues which caused john to be arrested/executed and jesus to start his "ministry."
36 - which does conform to Josephus ( to a degree ) and the gospels does not leave a lot of time for "jesus" to do all his magic tricks and still be back in Jerusalem in time to be executed by Pilate on his way out the door.
None of this is a problem for me. I regard the whole story as a later concoction which was written and inserted onto a dimly understood framework of history by the gospel writers who were not terribly interested in history lessons to begin with...except for "Luke" who had a sense of history akin to a gerbil.
But it does drive the fundies nuts. And I enjoy that.
