The Gentile Times Reconsidered Chronology Christ

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London; Professor Abraham J. Sachs in the U.S.A; Professor
Hermann Hunger in Austria, who since the death of Abraham
Sachs in 1983 is the leading expert on Babylonian astronomical
observational texts; Dr. John M. Steele in Toronto, Canada, and
Dr. Beatrice André at the Louvre Museum in Paris. On the
exegetical sections (chapters 5–7), finally, a number of capable
linguists and Hebraists willingly shared their expertise, especially
Dr. Seth Erlandsson in Västerås, Sweden; Dr. Tor Magnus Amble
and Dr. Hans M. Barstad, both in Oslo, Norway, and Professor
Ernst Jenni in Basel, Switzerland.
First of all, however, my thanks go to the God of the Bible, who
in the Old Testament from the time of Moses onwards carries the
personal name Yahweh or Jehovah, but whom we in the New
Testament meet and can approach as our heavenly Father, as this
research has been done under constant prayer for his help and
understanding. All honor goes to Him, since it is his Word of truth
that has been the basis of this study. Although certain religious
theories and interpretations were found to be untenable and had to
be rejected, his prophetic Word was confirmed, over and over
again, during the biblical and historical research connected with the
subject under discussion. This faith-strengthening experience has
been a real and lasting blessing to me. My hope is that the reader
will be blessed in a similar way.
Carl Olof Jonsson
Göteborg, Sweden, 1982
Revised in 1998 and 2004