[Avodah] missing years in Hebrew calendar

[Eli Turkel via Avodah]

> 5) Koresh= Daryavush=Artachasta

  <<As far as Achashveirosh being Artachshasta, Chazal say Artaxerxes was a
throne name.  And in fact, Greek sources say that both Artaxerxes II and
III adopted it as a throne name.  Furthermore, the Septuagint version of
Esther refers to the king as Artaxerxes, so saying that Ahasuerus is
Artaxerxes is a truism that has nothing to do with chronology >>

Do these Greek sources explain how Koresh and Daryavush are the same
person?  Besides you use the parts of the Greek sources that you like and
reject those that dont fit your thesis
Now you rely on the Septuagint? Almost everyone else identifies
Achashverosh with Xerxes,
Besides the are several inscriptions in ancient Persian that give a
detailed list of kings eg
Artaxerxes the great king, king of kings king of peoples king on this earth son
od Darius the king Darius son of Artaxerxes the king, Xerxes son of Darius
the king Darius son of Hystapes the Archaemend proclaims ..

As an aside modern chronology of Eygpt has been confirmed by recent carbon
14 dating. Dates of Sishak and other Assyrina and Babylonian kings have
been confirmed by their writings combined with various astronomical events
mentioned in their writings.

<<Again, he wasn't Kohen Gadol.  No one holds that he was.  Let me try and
explain a little more about Midrash.  Chazal bring Midrashim that
contradict one another.  For example, there's a Midrash that says Esther
never slept with Achashveirosh.  That Hashem sent a mal'ach that took her
place.  That conflicts with "Esther karka hayta", as well as with the
Midrash that Darius the Persian was Esther's son.  None of this is
problematic.  Because the truth of Midrashim is not in their concretes.
Like analogies, Midrashim are abstractions which are anchored with
concretes, but are not defined by those concretes.>>

That's your opinion. In fact many achronim take these conflating of names
very seriously. While you claim Eliyahu wasn't a cohen gadol there is in
fact a halachic literature whether he was or not and whether a cohen gadol
can resign.
For example see hebrewbooks Magen Tzvi siman 36 page 388 where he concludes
that a Cohen Gadol (annointed by oil) who resigns still has all the laws of
a cohen gadol

You wrote "Midrash that Darius the Persian was Esther's son " .
However Darius's own version (Behustan) states that he was not the son of
the previous king (see also above inscription on a wall)

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separately Marty Blake mentioned the sefer of R Amnon Bazak. The shiurim
are also available in English
http://etzion.org.il/en/topics/fundamental-issues-study-tanakh
As Marty mentioned he discusses fundamental issues as are all pesukim in
the Torah from Moshe Rabbenu, archaeology, accuracy of the text, Bible
criticism, peshat and drash, sins of Biblical figures and many other
controversial topics. I am sure that many of his solutions are also
controversial.

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Eli Turkel