Jewish History in Conflict: A Study of the Major Discrepancy by Mitchell First

“According to Seder Olam Rabbah, the paintings that types the foundation for the majority rabbinic chronology, the .period from the defeat of the Babylonians by means of the Medeo-Persians until eventually the start of Greek rule, encompassed fifty two years and spanned the reigns of 3 Persian kings. in response to the chronology that's universally accredited through historians this day (conventional chronology), this era of Persian rule over the land of Israel encompassed 207 years (539 to 332 BCE) and through this era greater than ten Persian kings reigned.
“This discrepancy among the conventional Jewish chronology and traditional chronology has now not long gone disregarded. the aim of this examine is to assemble and categorize the diversity of Jewish responses to this discrepancy, either by means of Jewish students and rabbinic experts. half I offers an creation to the discrepancy. half II comprises the earliest Jewish responses to the discrepancy. within the significant a part of the examine, half III, the responses to the discrepancy from the time of Azariah de Rossi (16^th century) to the current time are amassed and categorised. This unified assortment and categorization of the various responses will permit scholars and students to have quick access to what has been written through Jewish students and rabbinic gurus concerning the discrepancy and may facilitate scholarly evaluate of the responses.
“Part IV is an assessment of the responses’ makes an attempt to reply to the elemental query raised via the discrepancy. half V provides observations at the rabbinic responses. half VI is a precis and conclusion.”