The Watchtower, “When Was Ancient Jerusalem Destroyed?—Part Two”
“Note: None of the secular experts quoted in this article hold that Jerusalem was destroyed in 607 B.C.E.”
A footnote attached to the paragraph quoting R. H. Sack on the Babylonian chronicles. It applies to every scholar cited in the article, including Sack, Steele, Brown, van der Spek, Sachs and Hunger.
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Notes. Printed by the organisation itself. Any statement that the organisation conceals the absence of scholarly support for 607 BCE is wrong; the concession is in the article.
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