33 Getting My Clocks in a Row

Investigative Timeline: Getting My Clocks in a RowHey, there. Welcome to the Investigators Guide to the Bible. This is it! Get your pens and notepads ready because this is where you get to check my notes to see if I got the timeline right. We know timelines are important, so it’s put up or shut up time. As always, no question or comment is off limits. Tell me where I’m wrong. Like and subscribe for new episodes. Share the episode, restack it, and send it to your friends. Feel free to ask some questions at the end, if you want.Resources and References so I can pretend I’m really smart:* Most Bible quotes I used come from the New American Bible, Revised Edition. Washington, DC: Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, 2010 Though I frequently mention other Bible translations, this is my working Bible for most of these episodes. Any Bible you use will be fine for all of the Biblical references.* Almost every discussion on the translation of a particular word means a trip to BibleHub.com for their amazing Interlinear Bible. Bible Hub, Glassport, PA. Just assume I’m using their site and check it out for yourself. (https://biblehub.com/interlinear/, accessed more times than I can count, 2021-2025)If you read something that is not a direct quote and think the brilliant thought might be mine, it is safer to assume I messed up the citation. Give credit to the super smart people below.1. Eddings, David. The Belgariad: Castle of Wizardry. New York: Del Ray/Ballentine Books. 19842. Nunnaly, Dr. Wave. “Modern Midrash: The Myth of Migdal Eder.” The Bible Unplugged website, 2025. (https://wavenunnally.com/modern-midrash-the-myth-of-migdal-eder/, accessed 12 Sep 2025)3. Lanser, Rick, MDiv. “Pinpointing the Date of Christ’s Birth,” Associates for Biblical Research, 2019. (https://biblearchaeology.org/about/abr-projects/the-daniel-9-24-27-project/4368-pinpointing-the-date-of-christ-s-birth, accessed 2 Mar 2022)4. Finegan, Jack. Handbook of Biblical Chronology, Revised Edition. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers Marketing, 19985. Pixner, Bargil, O.S.B. With Jesus in Jerusalem: His First and Last Days in Judea. Rosh Pina, Israel: Corazin Publishing, 19966. Jensen, Morten Horning. “Climate, Droughts, Wars, and Famines in Galilee as a Background for Understanding the Historical Jesus.” Journal of Biblical Literature, vol. 131, no. 2, 2012, pp. 307–24. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/23488227. Accessed 14 Oct. 2022. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit investigatorsguidetothebible.substack.com