with that date and thus have a better chance of acceptance. Mordechai Breuer suggested that, like other works of midrash, the tradition chronology in Seder Olam Rabbah was never meant to be taken literally but rather was intended to be symbolic. Some Jewish thinkers, including Chaim Hirschensohn and Adin Steinsaltz, have argued that the original Jewish chronology agreed with the academic chronology, but later misunderstandings or textual corruptions of Seder Olam Rabbah gave the impression that it refers to a shorter period of time. However, Seder Olam Rabbah's chronology is implicit in many different passages, and it is difficult to plausibly explain all these passages in a way that agrees with the academic chronology. Critiques of academic dating Attempts have been made to reinterpret the historical evidence to agree with the rabbinic tradition. The reinterpretation of the Greek, Babylonian and Persian sources that is required to support the traditional dating has been achieved only in parts and rejected by mainstream scholarship. See also Traditional Jewish chronology References Notes Bibliography Dawn of the Gods: The untold timeline of Genesis, by Marco Lupi Speranza (self published, 2018) – reconstruction in accordance with Sumerian history. Jewish History in Conflict: A Study of the Major Discrepancy between Rabbinic and Conventional Chronology, by Mitchell First (Jason Aronson, 1997) Talmudic and Rabbinic Chronology, by Edgar Frank (New York: Feldheim 1956) Chronology of the Ancient World, by E.J. Bickerman (Cornell University Press, 1968, 1982) The Crime of Claudius Ptolemy. Robert R. Newton (The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1977) Daniel 9 in You Take Jesus and I'll Take God by S. Levine, revised edition, Hamoroh Press, Los Angeles, 1980 – explains the Jewish understanding of Daniel 9:24–27 The Romance of Biblical Chronology , by Martin Anstey (London: Marshall Brothers, 1913) – interprets Daniel as prophesying the crucifixion of Jesus, so the Temple as having been destroyed in 502 BCE R' Shimon Schwab in "Comparative Jewish Chronology in Jubilee Volume for Rav Yosef Breuer" pp. 177–197. David Zvi Hoffmann "Ha'mishna Rishona" (Heb.) Fixing the History Books, Dr. Chaim S. Heifetz's Revision of Persian History, by Brad Aaronson – Jewish scholarly critique of secular dating Fixing the Mind by Alexander Eterman – a rebuttal of Heifetz's critique. Secular Chronology by Walter R. Dolen – Christian scholarly critique of secular dating Significant Events In Jewish And World History – timeline based on traditional Jewish sources Chronology Hebrew calendar