Insight on the Scriptures, Volume 1, “Chronology”
“The information above points to the conclusion that Assyrian historiography either is not correctly understood by modern historians or is of very low caliber. In either case, we do not feel compelled to attempt to coordinate the Biblical chronology with history as presented in the Assyrian records.”
The reference work’s statement of method, made about the Assyrian eponym lists, immediately before the section on Babylonian chronology that underlies the 607 BCE date.
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