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Tracking the Day-of-the-Sun (20602 words) |
 | While the Daniel prophecy (6th century BCE) appears to have originally been understood in the context of a month cycle that always renewed every 30 days, it seems pertinent to here note that 1st-century publications attributed to Josephus consistently refer to a calendar of lunar months. |
| From this primal source, it would appear that a calendar count of 360 days (counted in 30-day segments) ultimately came to be used throughout the Middle East as well as in regions farther to the East and West. |
| The power and influence of the traditional priesthood would have been considerably lessened in about 167 BCE (when the Greeks assumed control of Jerusalem and the high priest was deposed). |
| *** The House of Ptolemy: The Ptolemaic Empire Outside of Egypt *** (1370 words) |
| Judaea and Mediterranean Politics 219 to 161 BCE |
| Athens' fortunes seemed to be on a downward spiral after Alexander's effective takeover in 323 BCE. |
| Habicht shows that though foreign policy and domination were effectively taken out of her hands, Greece's greatest polis never lost autonomy in internal affairs, and culturally, intellectually and socially, she retained a leading role in the Hellenistic era. |
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