When was Jesus Born

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