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WHEN WAS JESUS BORN?: M. M. NINAN<br />
Roman history tells us that the date of the battle <strong>was</strong> September<br />
2nd of 31 B. C.<br />
Then Herod began to rule in (31+ 6) BC 37.<br />
Book XVII, Chapter VIII, Section 1, Josephus goes on to say:<br />
"<strong>When</strong> he had done those things, he died, the fifth day after he<br />
had caused Antipater to be slain; having reigned, since he<br />
procured Antigonus to be slain, thirty-four years; but since he had<br />
been declared king by the Romans, thirty-seven."<br />
This takes us to the death of Herod as BC 1.<br />
Book XVII, Chapter VI, Section 4, of Josephus goes on to say<br />
that during the period<br />
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there <strong>was</strong> an eclipse of the moon.<br />
Herod killed a person named Matthias<br />
and deprived another Matthias of the high priest position.<br />
It <strong>was</strong> a date of a fast before the death of Herod.<br />
So identifying the lunar eclipse near a fast will fix the year.<br />
Shebat 2 is the traditional Jewish date for the death of<br />
Herod. Using a calendar computer program, Selden estimated<br />
that the best fit Shebat 2 as probably January 26 in 1 B. C. That<br />
<strong>was</strong> Julian Day Number 1,721,082.56 (calc).<br />
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