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Chronologie und 607 v. u. Z. · Claim record

Die Organisation betrachtet den Herbst 537 v. u. Z. als das Jahr, in dem die ersten Verbannten aufgrund des Erlasses von Cyrus nach Jerusalem zurückkehrten, und dies ist der feste Endpunkt, von dem aus 607 v. u. Z. zurückgerechnet wird.

Claim ID claim-chronology-537-return-anchorConcerns 1. Oktober 2011Ausdrückliche Aussage

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Ausdrückliche Aussage · 1. Oktober 2011 Geprüft

Die Organisation betrachtet den Herbst 537 v. u. Z. als das Jahr, in dem die ersten Verbannten aufgrund des Erlasses von Cyrus nach Jerusalem zurückkehrten, und dies ist der feste Endpunkt, von dem aus 607 v. u. Z. zurückgerechnet wird. Source: The Watchtower, 1. Oktober 2011Source: Insight on the Scriptures, Volume 1, 1988

Die Position der Organisation oder ihre spätere Erklärung: Einsichten führt aus, der Erlass des Cyrus sei „sehr wahrscheinlich im Winter 538 v. u. Z. oder Anfang 537 v. u. Z. verkündet“ worden, was vier Monate Reisezeit ließ, sodass die Verbannten „noch im siebten Monat des Jahres 537 v. u. Z. (Tischri, um den 1. Oktober)“ in Jerusalem ankamen.

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Primärveröffentlichung von Jehovas Zeugen Geprüft

The Watchtower, “When Was Ancient Jerusalem Destroyed?—Part One”

1. Oktober 2011 · pp.28-29 · pars. 19-20 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania

“According to Bible chronology, then, the 70 years was a literal period of time that ended in 537 B.C.E. Counting back 70 years, the start date of the period would be 607 B.C.E.”

The preceding paragraph fixes the end of the exile: “The decree ending their exile was issued in ‘the first year of Cyrus the king of Persia.’ … Thus, by the fall of 537 B.C.E., the Jews had returned to Jerusalem to restore true worship.” The whole of the organisation’s date for 607 rests on this subtraction.

Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for The Watchtower, When Was Ancient Jerusalem Destroyed?—Part One

Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe. Full document fetched from the Watchtower Online Library on 19 September 2026 and read in full; the quotation, the paragraph and the page were confirmed against the article text and its embedded page markers (span class=“pageNum”).

Untermauert durch. src-chr-o-w-2011-1101-thesis, src-chr-o-it1-chronology-70-years

Notes. 607 BCE is reached by counting back from 537 BCE, not by dating the destruction directly.

Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung. src-chr-o-w-2011-1001-count-back

Primärveröffentlichung von Jehovas Zeugen Geprüft

Insight on the Scriptures, Volume 1, “Chronology”

1988 · pp.458-459 · under “From Human Creation to the Present” · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania

“Another date that can be used as a pivotal point is the year 539 B.C.E., supported by various historical sources as the year for the overthrow of Babylon by Cyrus the Persian. (Secular sources for Cyrus’ reign include Diodorus, Africanus, Eusebius, and Ptolemy, as well as the Babylonian tablets.)”

The article explains that a pivotal date must be “a date in history that has sound basis for acceptance and that corresponds with a particular event recorded in the Bible”, and reasons that Cyrus’ decree was issued by the winter of 538 or spring of 537 B.C.E., allowing the exiles to reach Jerusalem “by the seventh month (Tishri, or about October 1) of 537 B.C.E.”

Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for Insight on the Scriptures, Volume 1, Chronology

Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe. Full article fetched from the Watchtower Online Library on 19 September 2026; the quotation and the page were confirmed against the text and its embedded page markers. Insight on the Scriptures is undated on the Online Library; the 1988 publication year is the work’s own imprint date.

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Notes. Insight calls 539 BCE a “pivotal point”, not an “absolute date”; the earlier “absolute date” wording belongs to the 1968 Watchtower articles recorded separately. It names Ptolemy among its supports.

Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung. src-chr-o-it1-chronology-pivotal-539

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