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Re: Since the gospel account does not contain a date, I think it's pretty self-

thank you

there is no  certain date in the Gospel account

however . . .

the date established some time in the Middle Ages was 4 BC.

recently, dates as early as 8 BC (B.C.E.) have been proposed, mainly on the weight of at least two planetary conjunctions.  The 6 BC date I llke -- I have explained that in some of my posts.

posted by Xeno-x on December 10, 2008 at 5:58 AM | link to this | reply

Since the gospel account does not contain a date, I think it's pretty self-

explanatory.

posted by FineYoungSinger on December 9, 2008 at 7:08 AM | link to this | reply

I am not certain, for me it is just important to recognize His birth! sam

posted by sam444 on December 2, 2008 at 9:49 AM | link to this | reply

Re: Posted by RITE2SPIN

Yes, the greatest possibioilty is that Yeshua was born earlier, and a few recent speculations  as to the "Chrismas Star" bolster this -- I have mentioned this before -- a Great Conjunction of three major planets in 8 BC and 6 BC in the constellation Picses, which was considered the sign of the Jews, in the month of September, is one likely that I favor personally;  another was around the middle of April in the same era.

I favor the September time because it is close to Yom Kippur, which, as I understand, presages the Advent of the Messiah, which would be apropos.  The other reason is that it would bring conception back to around Dec. 25 -- and this would favor the Greek world because that was when the Greek god (in the form of representatives; i.e., priests) mated with virgins.

So this would present Yeshua as Messiah and also son of god to the two cultures.

posted by Xeno-x on December 2, 2008 at 9:22 AM | link to this | reply

http://www.biblicalchronology.com/herod.htm

posted by RITE2SPIN on December 2, 2008 at 9:06 AM | link to this | reply