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by vmception 1849 days ago
Were years even the same kind of years?

2000 years ago but even the King James Version wouldn’t have been using a gregorian calendar yet

And usually when talking about the Bible there has some greek or hebrew translation liberty

Before we all decide it’s open to interpretation anyway

Well I had your whole conversation for you, let me know

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A different calendar doesn’t necessitate mean a different year length. We still measure a year as a complete solar cycle, and that hasn’t changed.
There are many nuances in how a year is and was determined
"nuances" as in ... seconds? minutes? days?
The Roman calendar was just a lunar month times ten until being fixed to a solar year around like 500 BC

I don't know if there are retroactive fixes to what years were which and if that coincides with the Bible or universal acceptance of their solar calendar

Let me know

> Roman calendar was just a lunar month times ten

Plus the winter, which was unassigned until it eventually became January and February. I don't see anything about it counting the entire year as anything other than a solar year.

yes, years were the same... keep in mind that "year" (but also "season") were of the most importance for agricultural people.