CHAPTER 1 — IS GOD POSSIBLE?
CHAPTER 2 — IS PROPHECY POSSIBLE?
CHAPTER 3 — DANIEL AND THE COMING MESSIAH
- Reliability of the Beginning Date of the Prophecy
- The Calendar of the Jews
- Creation’s 360-Day Year; Its Appearance in Daniel
Complaint against the Possibility of a 70-year Exile
Harmonizing the Reigning Years of Kings
(a) Harmonization of the Bible with the Babylonian Record
(b) Harmonizing the Bible with Josephus
(c) Evidence of the Nabonidus Chronicle
Conclusion of Points (a), (b), and (c)
The 490 Years, and the 360-Day Standard - NASA’s Moon and Eclipse Chart
- The Date of Herod’s Death
- The Gregorian and Julian Calendars
- The Day and Hour of Slaying the Passover Lamb
- The Problem with Jonah’s 3 Days and 3 Nights
- Order or Disorder in the Passion Week Events?
(a) Note re: the Setting Apart of the Lamb on the 10th of Nisan
(b) Are There Irreconcilable Differences in Where the Gospels Place the 10th of Nisan in the Passion Week?
(c) The Importance of the Dative Case in Matthew and Mark
(d) The 10th of Nisan in Relation to the Preparation of the Last Supper and Passover
(e) The Passion Week Chronology of Mark, from the Triumphal Entry to the Crucifixion
(f) Did Mary Anoint Jesus Twice? Or Else Why Do the Gospels Seem to Place it on Two Different Days?
(g) Further Significance of the 10th of Nisan
Conclusion
CHAPTER 4 — MADE TO MEASURE
The Rounding Off of Numbers
Solomon’s Sea and the Golden Ratio
Where was Solomon’s Temple? (Challenges to the Sacred Cubit re: Temple Location)
Ernest Martin’s View of Temple Location
CHAPTER 5 — CHRONOLOGY OF THE HEBREW KINGS
The Meaning of “Reign”
The Problematic Timeline of Edwin Thiele
Table of the Chronology of the Hebrew Kings
Explanation of Years With Astericks
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 6—THE BLACK SUN
Chronology of the Patriarchs
Problems and Solutions in Calculating Patriarchal Years
Table of the Chronology of the Patriarchs
Reasonable Confirmation of the Patriarchal Timeline
Date of Change From the 360 to 365-Day Year Orbit
The Earthquake of Amos 8
Searching for the Solar Eclipse of Amos 8
Delta Tau and the Spin of the Earth
Finding An Eclipse That Fits the Criteria
The 7-Year Sabbath Cycle of the Jews
Why the Year is 5+ Days Longer, Instead of Some Other Number
The Amos and Chinese Eclipses, and the Hezekiah Miracle
The Hezekiah Miracle
(a) The Biblical and extra-Biblical Records
(b) A Different Night Sky
NASA Maps More Reliable in Some Ways Than Other Ways (e.g. Dodwell)
(c) Calculating ΔΤ for the June 15, 763 BC Eclipse
Stephenson’s Citation of Lunar Eclipse Magnitudes Not a Counter-Evidence
The Movement of Spring Equinox
The Chinese Eclipse at Yinxu
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 7 — A POTPOURRI OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
David’s Flight From Saul
Table Showing David’s Flight From Saul
The Sabbath When Joash Was Made King
Is the Septuagint Superior to the Masoretic?
Is There Good Evidence for Eclipses Prior to June 15, 763 BC?
Chinese Historiography and the Shang Oracle Bones
Dendrochronology: Did Creation Occur in 5000+ BC?
Ezekiel 4:4-6: The 390 and 40-year Periods
CHAPTER 8 — CHRONOLOGY OF THE BOOK OF JUDGES
Examining the View of Andrew Steinmann
Examining the View of Robert Chishom
Examining the View of Ralph Hawkins
Does Judges Require a Sole Span for Samuel’s Judgeship/[leadership]?
Adding a 95-Year Overlap to Steinmann’s 69-Year Overlap
Remaining Considerations About the Years of Judges
Some Concluding Thoughts
CHAPTER 9: EGYPTIAN CHRONOLOGY
The Problem of Conflicting Chronologies
The Problem of Sothic Dating
The Disparity Among Scholars Regarding the Start of Egyptian History
A Proposed Solution to the Order of Egyptian Dynasties
The Four Generations to Moses
Joseph, a.k.a. Egypt’s Imhotep: His Position in the Timeline
The Palermo Stone: Harmonizing Egyptian and Old Testament Histories
Identifying Key Pharaohs, Including Those of the Oppression and the Exodus
Accuracy of the Manetho/Africanus List
The First and Second Dynasties
‘Extraneous’ Dynasties to the Main Timeline
From the 18th to the 26th Dynasties
Timeline of the (Named) Pharaohs
Mainstream Order of 18th Dynasty Pharaohs
Remaining Questions
(a) Preliminary Remarks on Sothis dates
(b) The Egyptian Change to a 365-day year:
(1) Harmonizing the Canopus Decree, the Augustan Reform, and Censorinus
(2) Evidence that another star, not Sirius, was the Original “Sopdet”
(c) When Did Sothis Change its Meaning to Sirius?
Implied Evidence the Egyptians Changed to a 365-day calendar in 735 BC
(d) The Ebers Papyrus
(e) The Connection of Isis with Spring
(f) What About The Different Names Egyptians Gave for the Year’s Beginning?
(g) Why are Some Festivals Outside their Eponymous Months?
Sothic Dating
Conclusion
Some Pharaohs of the Bible
CHAPTER 10 – WHEN VENUS SAID HELLO
The Joshua Miracle, The Birth of Venus, and The Venus Tablet
Context of the Joshua Miracle
What About Other Planets?
The Venus Tablet of Ammizaduga
Carl Sagan’s Criticism of Venus’ History
Other Things the Babylonians Observed
CHAPTER 11 – HELL BEFORE HELL
A Warning
Eschatological Views
The 70th Week of Daniel
(a) The 360-day year in Revelation
(b) Preliminary thoughts on Interpreting Daniel’s 70th week
(c) Difficulty of Interpretation
(d) The Order of Events in Daniel’s 70th Week
(e) Four Basic Views of Revelation
(f) The 70th Week of Daniel: A Socratic Dialog with Myron and Epinicus
CHAPTER 12 – WHY I REMAIN A CHRISTIAN
The Problem of the One and the Many
The Buddhist Answer
What Some Christians are Saying About the One and the Many
Islam and Calvinism
How a Trinity of Persons Answers the Big Questions
Environmentalism
How the Gay Issue Ends Philosophical and Religious Inquiry
The Problem of Evil
The Problem of Evil an Unworthy Comparison
Scripture Index
Subject Index
Glossary of Terms