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== Dr. Thiele's major thesis ==

== Dr. Thiele's major thesis ==

Assyrian chronology anchors on the solar eclipse in the eponym of Bar-Sagale, determined by archaoastronomy to be 763 BC.<ref>'''The eponyms of the Assyrian empire 910-612 BC'''. by A. R. Millard, Robert M. Whiting. State Archives of Assyria, Vol. 2.</ref> Using this absolute date, Thiele took the Assyrian record of Jehu's tribute explicitly dated to Shalmaneser III's 18th year (841 BC) and his campaign against Ahab in his 6th year as biblical synchronisms.

Assyrian chronology anchors on the solar eclipse in the eponym of Bar-Sagale, determined by archaoastronomy to be 763 BC.<ref>'''The eponyms of the Assyrian empire 910-612 BC'''. by A. R. Millard, Robert M. Whiting. State Archives of Assyria, Vol. 2. Helsinki: Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, 1994.</ref> Using this absolute date, Thiele took the Assyrian record of Jehu's tribute explicitly dated to Shalmaneser III's 18th year (841 BC) and his campaign against Ahab in his 6th year as biblical synchronisms.

Thiele believed that the king lists in I and II Kings were inconsistent with one another, and either in error or simply misinterpreted in light of the published history of the [[Assyria]]ns. He therefore sought to reconcile the chronology of the Divided Kingdoms with the chronology of the Assyrians. His key assumptions were:

Thiele believed that the king lists in I and II Kings were inconsistent with one another, and either in error or simply misinterpreted in light of the published history of the [[Assyria]]ns. He therefore sought to reconcile the chronology of the Divided Kingdoms with the chronology of the Assyrians. His key assumptions were: