When was Jesus Born

WHEN WAS JESUS BORN?: M. M. NINAN
should be intercalated, but not on one of them alone.” (Tosefta
Sanhedrin 2.2, Herbert Danby, Trans., Tractate Sanhedrin Mishnah
and Tosefta, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London and
New York, 1919, p. 31. Also quoted in Sacha Stern, Calendar and
Community: A History of the Jewish Calendar Second Century BCE-
Tenth Century CE, Oxford University Press, 2001, p. 70..
In the fourth century, Hillel II established a fixed calendar based on
mathematical and astronomical calculations. This is based on a 19 year
cycle, The additional month of Adar II is added with a full 30 days in
the 3rd, 6th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 17th and 19th years of the cycle.
Numbering of Jewish Years
The Jewish years are counted based on the “year of creation” or rather
based in the Adamic era from the date Adam started to count his days
and then following the Chronology of the Patriarchs.
Months of the Jewish Year
There are actually two calendars in use. One starts from the month of
Nissan, which celebrated the freedom of the Jewish people from the
slavery of Egypt. The Jewish Civil New Year is in Tishri, the seventh
month when the day of Atonement is celebrated as a renewal of the
nation. The number of days between 1 of Nissan and 1 of Tishri will
remain constant. Leap years changes the number of days from 8 th
month onwards to the beginning of next Nissan.
The Jewish calendar has the following months:
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