{"type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "title": "Challenge of Jewish History", "subjects": ["Religion", "World history", "Jews", "History", "Historiography", "Chronology", "Ancient History", "Kings and rulers"], "authors": [{"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL9778698A"}}], "key": "/works/OL25857823W", "description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "\"There is a well-known conundrum concerning Jewish history: The conventional chronology of the Western world - and academia - is in direct conflict with traditional Jewish sources over the history of ... history. Incredibly, there is a gap of roughly 200 years: For instance, the Talmud says the Second Temple stood for roughly 400 years, while mainstream historians today conclude that it stood for almost 600 years. This conflict has major implications on what occurred to who, and when. It also seems to question the accuracy of the entire Jewish tradition as accepted dating methods seem to contradict core parts of the traditional Jewish narrative. In presenting fresh and startling astronomical, mathematical and archaeological evidence, Rabbi Alexander Hool has charted new ground in his quest to find the solution to this ancient problem.\" --Publisher description."}, "latest_revision": 2, "revision": 2, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2021-10-08T22:35:34.350904"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2026-01-20T06:42:47.149298"}}