736

 Dio, Roman History, Volume VIII, Loeb Classical Library, 68.4.2. 

737

 Dio, Roman History, Volume VIII, Loeb Classical Library, 68.3.4 to 68.4.2. 

738

 Butler's Lives of the Saints, Vol. 4, Dec. 27, p. 622. 

739

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 17.191. 

740

 See, for example: Finegan,  Handbook of Biblical Chronology, revised edition;  Chronos, Kairos, Christos, and 

Chronos, Kairos, Christos II. 

741

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 14.385 386. 

742

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 15.487. 

743

 The new moon of April 1 at 07:19 JST in 37 

B.C.

 was first visible as a new crescent on the evening of April 

2, making April 3 as Nisan 1 and April 16 as Nisan 14. The result is a later than usual start for Tishri. The date 

of Tishri 1 that year was probably Saturday, Sept. 28. The new moon of Sept. 24 at 13:17 JST would not have 

been visible as a new crescent until the evening of Thursday, Sept. 26. Ordinarily, this would make Sept. 27 

the first day of the month, but Tishri 1 is not permitted to coincide with Friday to avoid a conflict between the 

Preparation day of the Sabbath and the holy days at the start and end of the Feast of Tabernacles. Thus, 

Tishri 1 would have been delayed until Saturday, Sept. 28. An alternate, but somewhat less likely, possibility 

was to start Tishri 1 on Thursday, Sept. 26, most probably before the new crescent was sighted. New moon 

and visibility data from RedShift 3. Days of the week determined using Universal Calendar Calculator software. 

744

 In 42 

B.C.

, Tishri 10 would have fallen on Sept. 30 only if the Jewish calendar at that time was determined 

by calculation (which was probably not the case), rather than by observation. With the other years listed, 

Tishri 10 would fall in October regardless of whether the calendar was by calculation or observation. I am 

convinced that the Jewish calendar was determined by calculation, but not until some years after the capture 

of Jerusalem. See chapter 17 for details on this point. 

745

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 14.473. 

746

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 14.475. 

747

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 15.7. 

748

 Finegan, Handbook of Biblical Chronology, revised edition, no. 225, p. 118 119. 

749

 The new moon of March 20 at 06:46 JST in 44 

B.C.

 places the date of Nisan 1 on March 22, making the 

date of Tishri 1 in the subsequent autumn early enough that Tishri 10 would still fall in September. New moon 

data from RedShift 3 astronomy software. 

750

 Finegan, Handbook of Biblical Chronology, revised edition, no. 225, p. 118 119. 

751

 New moon data from RedShift 3 software. 

752

 The determination of the start of Nisan is by observation here, because we are considering the possibility 

that Herod captured Jerusalem in 36 

B.C.

 The switch from observation to calculation to determine the start of 

each month did not occur until sometime after Herod captured Jerusalem. 

753

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 15.1, 15.8 9. 

754

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 17.191. 

755

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 18.32. 

756

 He uses neither  ascension year  nor  non ascension year  reckoning. For a succinct explanation of these 

terms, see: Finegan, Handbook of Biblical Chronology, revised edition, no. 160 161, p. 74 75. 

757

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 17.149 163. 

758

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 17.167. 

759

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 17.165 167. 

760

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 17.168 172. 

761

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 17.174 181. 

762

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 17.191. 

763

  Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 17.193. 

764

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 17.200 205. 

765

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 17.213 215. 

766

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 17.196 199. 

767

 Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, 2:280. 

768

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 17.214. 

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