Hi John & All:
I just wanted to say that, while
I enjoy Miriam's scholarly work, I disagree with her reported method of
counting the Jubilee years. If this methodology was in fact biblical, there
would still not be 10 full Jubilees within 490 years, because the last Jubliee
would not even start until the 491st year.
But there is another little problem
with this methodology, which I have taken the trouble to outline below:
| Year |
Jubilee |
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| 1 |
No |
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| 2 |
No |
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| 3 |
No |
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| 4 |
No |
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| 5 |
No |
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| 6 |
No |
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| 7 |
No |
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| 8 |
No |
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| 9 |
No |
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| 10 |
No |
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| 11 |
No |
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| 12 |
No |
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| 13 |
No |
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| 14 |
No |
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| 15 |
No |
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| 16 |
No |
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| 17 |
No |
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| 18 |
No |
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| 19 |
No |
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| 20 |
No |
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| 21 |
No |
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| 22 |
No |
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| 23 |
No |
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| 24 |
No |
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| 25 |
No |
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| 26 |
No |
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| 27 |
No |
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| 28 |
No |
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| 29 |
No |
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| 30 |
No |
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| 31 |
No |
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| 32 |
No |
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| 33 |
No |
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| 34 |
No |
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| 35 |
No |
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| 36 |
No |
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| 37 |
No |
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| 38 |
No |
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| 39 |
No |
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| 40 |
No |
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| 41 |
No |
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| 42 |
No |
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| 43 |
No |
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| 44 |
No |
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| 45 |
No |
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| 46 |
No |
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| 47 |
No |
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| 48 |
No |
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| 49 |
No |
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| 50 |
Yes |
1 |
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| 51 |
No |
2 |
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| 52 |
No |
3 |
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| 53 |
No |
4 |
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| 54 |
No |
5 |
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| 55 |
No |
6 |
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| 56 |
No |
7 |
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| 57 |
No |
8 |
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| 58 |
No |
9 |
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| 59 |
No |
10 |
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| 60 |
No |
11 |
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| 61 |
No |
12 |
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| 62 |
No |
13 |
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| 63 |
No |
14 |
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| 64 |
No |
15 |
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| 65 |
No |
16 |
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| 66 |
No |
17 |
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| 67 |
No |
18 |
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| 68 |
No |
19 |
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| 69 |
No |
20 |
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| 70 |
No |
21 |
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| 71 |
No |
22 |
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| 72 |
No |
23 |
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| 73 |
No |
24 |
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| 74 |
No |
25 |
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| 75 |
No |
26 |
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| 76 |
No |
27 |
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| 77 |
No |
28 |
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| 78 |
No |
29 |
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| 79 |
No |
30 |
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| 80 |
No |
31 |
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| 81 |
No |
32 |
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| 82 |
No |
33 |
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| 83 |
No |
34 |
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| 84 |
No |
35 |
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| 85 |
No |
36 |
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| 86 |
No |
37 |
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| 87 |
No |
38 |
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| 88 |
No |
39 |
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| 89 |
No |
40 |
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| 90 |
No |
41 |
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| 91 |
No |
42 |
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| 92 |
No |
43 |
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| 93 |
No |
44 |
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| 94 |
No |
45 |
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| 95 |
No |
46 |
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| 96 |
No |
47 |
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| 97 |
No |
48 |
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| 98 |
No |
49 |
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| 99 |
Yes |
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