tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post116616812912612899..comments2024-03-24T15:19:06.377-04:00Comments on The Continuum: Calculating ChristmasFr. Robert Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05892141425033196616noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-1166200196629188402006-12-15T11:29:00.000-05:002006-12-15T11:29:00.000-05:00While I fully appreciate Dr. Tighe's work, I do ha...While I fully appreciate Dr. Tighe's work, I do have a little quibble. The notion that Dec. 25 as the date of Jesus' birth is not likely is still present. In fact, I think that its more likely that Jesus was born in or around that date.<BR/><BR/>We know that Jesus born about 14 to 15 months after the conception of John the Baptist. We know that John the Baptist was conceived after Zacharias served in the temple in accordance with the division of Abijah. This only occured twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall. Further, Luke indicates that Zacharias did his service with the "people outside the temple". The only time the the people were to be outside the temple, according to the Levitical code, was the Day of Atonement. The Day of Atonement falls in the fall of the year, from the end of September to the end of October, Julian Calender. One year and two months after that would be the end of December.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05218434053331256206noreply@blogger.com