Because of its subject matter, in this book Bible texts are generally quoted from the New World Translation (represented by the abbreviation NW), published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. Abbreviations for other translations of Biblical quotations, listed in the text or in the footnotes, are:
ASV |
American Standard Version |
KJV |
King James Version |
LXX |
Septuagint Version (Greek) |
MT |
Masoretic text (Hebrew) |
NAB |
New American Bible |
NASB |
New American Standard Bible |
NEB |
New English Bible |
NIV |
New International Version |
NKJV |
New King James Version |
NRSV |
New Revised Standard Version |
RSV |
Revised Standard Version |
RV |
Revised Version |
THE GENTILE TIMES RECONSIDERED
FIRST EDITION © 1983 by
Hart Publishers Ltd. of Lethbridge, Alta., Canada and Good News Defenders of La Jolla, CA, U.S.A. for Christian Koinonia International
SECOND EDITION © 1986
Published by Commentary Press, Atlanta, GA 30336
THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND EXPANDED © 1998
Published by Commentary Press, Atlanta, GA 30336.
FOURTH EDITION, REVISED AND EXPANDED © 2004
Published by Commentary Press, Atlanta, GA 30336.
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America ISBN: 0-914675-07-9
Library of Congress Catalog Card No.: 86-70168
Contents
Foreword |
v |
Introduction |
1 |
1 The History of an Interpretation |
23 |
2 Biblical and Secular Chronology |
72 |
3 The Length of Reigns of the Neo-Babylonian Kings |
89 |
4 The Absolute Chronology of the Neo-Babylonian Era |
153 |
5 The Seventy Years for Babylon |
191 |
6 The “Seven Times” of Daniel 4 |
236 |
7 Attempts to Overcome the Evidence |
283 |
Appendix |
312 |
For Chapter 1 |
312 |
For Chapter 2 |
314 |
For Chapter 3 |
321 |
For Chapter 4 |
332 |
For Chapter 5 |
335 |
For Chapter 7 |
353 |
Indexes |
382 |
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