Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 47/1, “When Did Jerusalem Fall?”
“Although the Scriptures state that the end came in the fourth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, scholars are divided on whether this refers to 586 bc or 587 bc. Jeremy Hughes listed eleven scholars who preferred the first date and eleven who preferred the second.”
A survey of the scholarly disagreement about the year Jerusalem fell. The article's conclusion is that 'Jerusalem fell in the fourth month (Tammuz) of 587 bc'. The whole disagreement in the literature is between two adjacent years.
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Provenance and verification note for Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 47/1, When Did Jerusalem Fall?
Confidence note. The PDF was downloaded from the author's own site on 19 September 2026 and read. It carries the running header 'JETS 47/1 (March 2004) 21-38' and 'journal of the evangelical theological society'. The publisher's own copy on etsjets.org redirected and was not opened.
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Notes. Young notes that the fixed points are the battle of Carchemish in 605 BCE and the capture of Jehoiachin in spring 597 BCE, both from Babylonian records.
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