Aug 27, 2015
Book Review: The Challenge of Jewish History
NOTE: I was not paid to review this book. It is an unbiased and objective review. If you have a book with Jewish or Israel related content and would like me to write a review, contact me for details of where to send me a review copy of the book.
Book Review: The Challenge of Jewish History, by Alexander Hool
The Challenge of Jewish History, by Alexander Hool, published by Mosaica Press, is a scholarly look at the discrepancy of the missing 168 years between the Jewish calendar and the chronology of the Western world, as well as other historical conflicts and discrepancies in the timelines of Jewish history.
The Challenge of Jewish History is truly a very scholarly analysis of dates, history and timelines, culling many sources to pick out the details of ancient kings and kingdoms from the Greek and Roman historical records, as well as Persian and Babylonian records, and , obviously, comparing them to the various Jewish and Talmudic sources..
I will honestly say that much of this book was well "over my head". I was dizzied by the dates and ancient kings, by the mathematical analyses of dates, and by all the evidence presented.
The Challenge of Jewish History is not a casual read. It is academic, it is serious, and it is complex. I have no idea how to evaluate if his theories are correct or not, but for someone interested in this aspect of Jewish history, the issues and theories presented by Hool should definitely be considered.
Book Review: The Challenge of Jewish History, by Alexander Hool
The Challenge of Jewish History, by Alexander Hool, published by Mosaica Press, is a scholarly look at the discrepancy of the missing 168 years between the Jewish calendar and the chronology of the Western world, as well as other historical conflicts and discrepancies in the timelines of Jewish history.
The Challenge of Jewish History is truly a very scholarly analysis of dates, history and timelines, culling many sources to pick out the details of ancient kings and kingdoms from the Greek and Roman historical records, as well as Persian and Babylonian records, and , obviously, comparing them to the various Jewish and Talmudic sources..
I will honestly say that much of this book was well "over my head". I was dizzied by the dates and ancient kings, by the mathematical analyses of dates, and by all the evidence presented.
The Challenge of Jewish History is not a casual read. It is academic, it is serious, and it is complex. I have no idea how to evaluate if his theories are correct or not, but for someone interested in this aspect of Jewish history, the issues and theories presented by Hool should definitely be considered.
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NOTE: I was not paid to review this book. It is an unbiased and objective review. If you have a book with Jewish or Israel related content and would like me to write a review, contact me for details of where to send me a review copy of the book.
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You refer to his "theories". Can't you summarize one or two of them, even at the risk of over-simplification?
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some examples:
ReplyDelete1. he reorders the order of babylonian kings and gives a different suggestion as to the identity of achashverosh
2.he suggests an attempt at manipulation of the calendar to affect the dates of Alexander the Great's rise to power, and to align Greek and Egyptian dates
3. discusses the date of when the Temple was destroyed, suggesting year 70 instead of 69
and more
Did he use diagrams? In such a text, his timeline going thru the years with a comparison of the accepted timeline would be very beneficial in helping to understand.
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