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R.W. Hutchinson, Prehistoric Crete (Baltimore: Penguin, 1962), pp. 320–325; Desborough, “The End of the Mycenaean Civilization,” pp. 675–677.

See V.R. d’A. Desborough, “The End of the Mycenaean Civilization and the Dark Age: (a) The Archaeological Background,” in I.E.S. Edwards, et al., eds., Cambridge Ancient History (CAH), 3rd ed., Vol. II, Part 2 (Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1975), pp. 658–671 and W.D. Taylour, The Mycenaeans (New York: Thames and Hudson, 2nd ed., 1983).

The palace at Thebes was destroyed c. 1250 B.C.E. The destruction of Knossos traditionally has been dated c. 1400–1380 B.C.E., the date given by Sir Arthur Evans. However, a review of the evidence from Knossos now makes it seem likely that the palace continued to exist under Mycenaean rule into the 13th century B.C.E. Exactly when in the 13th century B.C.E. the palace was destroyed is uncertain. See Eric Hallager, The Mycenaean Palace at Knossos: Evidence for the Final Destruction in the III B Period (Stockholm: Medelhavsmuseet, 1977).

See additional examples in Harry M. Orlinsky, Notes on the New Translation of the Torah (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1969).

C.H. Hall, special advertising section, Christianity Today, 1993.

Though a minority, the number of Christians who think this may be true is substantial. In the United States, perhaps 15 to 20 percent of Christians—20 to 30 million people—belong to churches that emphasize that the second coming may be near.

His calculation used as its starting point the 1967 Israeli capture of the Old City of Jerusalem and the site of the Temple. The second coming of Christ may occur within “a generation” (forty years) of that event.