Nineveh 763 BC Solar Eclipse Inscribed on Cuneiform Clay Tablets
The Search for Signs Part 7: Analysis of a Solar Eclipse on June 15th, 763 BC
Introduction
This article will look further at the Sign of Jonah through the eyes of ancient people recording events and beliefs in cuneiform clay tablets. The British Museum has translated these inscriptions uncovering specific references to an Assyrian Solar Eclipse that crossed just north of Nineveh in 763 BC. Nineveh was the capital of the Assyrian empire.
Where was this solar eclipse recorded?
What was the worldview regarding solar eclipses?
What Mazzaroth sign was behind this solar eclipse?
Reviewing the Story of Jonah
From a previous analysis in The Sign of Jonah?
Jonah was a prophet in northern Israel from c770 to 760 BC. The key themes in the Book of Jonah are divine patience and mercy through a story of redemption, resurrection, and repentance.1
During this period, Jonah took a ship from the port of Joppa to Tarshish.
The word of the Lord came to J…
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