769

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 17.206 218. 

770

 Those scholars who place Herod's death in 4 

B.C.

 are partially correct, for the death of Herod did occur in 

the context of events usually dated to 4 

B.C.

 But, as explained in chapter 13, events during this portion of 

Roman history occurred 4 years earlier than has been generally believed. Thus, events attributed to 4 

B.C.

actually took place in 8 

B.C.

771

 Fred Espenak,  Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses, Eclipse Home Page, NASA/GSFC Sun Earth 

Connection Education Forum, . 

772

 John P. Pratt,  Yet Another Eclipse for Herod, The Griffith Observatory Home Page, reprinted from the 

Planetarian, , vol. 19, no. 4, (International Planetarium 

Society, 1990), pp. 8 14. See also: . 

773

 Finegan, Handbook of Biblical Chronology, revised edition, no. 78 81, p. 38 39. 

774

 Fred Espenak, Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses, NASA/GSFC,  

. See also: RedShift 3 astronomy software. 

775

 Lunar eclipse times in this book are generally given as Jerusalem Standard Time, which is Universal Time 

plus 2:00 hours. Jerusalem sun time is approximately Universal Time plus 2:21 hours. See chapter 17 for 

details. 

776

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 17.167. 

777

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 15.380. 

778

 Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, 1.401. 

779

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 16. 

780

 Josephus, The Wars of the Jews, 1.401. 

781

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 15.299 316 

782

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 15.420. 

783

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 16.136. 

784

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 15.381. 

785

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 15.420. 

786

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 15.421. 

787

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 15.421 423. 

788

 New moon occurred on Sunday, Sept. 2 at 06:21 Jerusalem Standard Time. The start of each month at that 

point in Jewish history was determined by observation of the crescent new moon. The crescent new moon 

would have been visible by the evening of Sept. 3., making Tuesday, Sept. 4 as Tishri 1. Tishri 10 that year 

would then fall on Sept. 13. 

789

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 14.487. 

790

 Finegan, Handbook of Biblical Chronology, revised edition, table 46, p. 97. 

791

 Finegan, Handbook of Biblical Chronology, revised edition, no. 516, p. 300. 

792

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 18.106 108. 

793

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 18.106. 

794

 Finegan, Handbook of Biblical Chronology, revised edition, no. 518, p. 301. Finegan cites David W. Beyer's 

1995 study, reported to the Society for Biblical Literature. 

795

 Finegan, Handbook of Biblical Chronology, revised edition, no. 518, p. 301. 

796

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 18.108. 

797

 Finegan, Handbook of Biblical Chronology, revised edition, no. 518, p. 301. 

798

 Finegan, Handbook of Biblical Chronology, revised edition, no. 517 518, p. 300 301. 

799

 Dio, Roman History, Volume VIII, Loeb Classical Library, 66.17.5. 

800

 Emmerich, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, p. 205. 

801

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 17.191. 

802

 Emmerich, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, p. 206. 

803

 Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews, 16.136. 

804

 Emmerich, The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, p. 206. 

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