^a If "the anointed one" is Jesus of Nazareth and assuming a crucifixion date in 33 C.E., backdating 476 years would be 444 B.C.E. as the year of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. (There is no year zero, so backdating 32 years is 1 C.E. and backdating 33 years is 1 B.C.E.; 1 B.C.E. + 476 - 33 = 444 B.C.E.) 444 B.C.E. falls squarely within the reign of Artaxerxes I, although neither the crucifixion of Jesus [from which we subtract 69 periods of seven 360-day years] nor the beginning of the reign of King Artaxerxes [to which we add 20 years] can be dated with absolute certainty. (Encyclopaedia Iranica: The exact month-dates of all these events [the murder of Xerxes and accession of Artaxerxes] are not given. Artaxerxes' accession year is generally thought to be the year 284 of the Babylonian Nobonassar era (beginning in December, 465 B.C.). ...The generally accepted date of his death in 425-24 seems based on the Babylonian Nabonassar era; but the sources show some confusion about the length of his reign: Ctesias, for instance, gives 42 years, Diodorus 40. The chronology is complicated by the brief and officially unrecognized reigns of Artapanus [the murderer of Xerxes] before, and of Xerxes II and Sogdianus after his own.)

^a If "the anointed one" is Jesus of Nazareth and assuming a crucifixion date in 33 C.E., backdating 476 years would be 444 B.C.E. as the year of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. (There is no year zero, so backdating 32 years is 1 C.E. and backdating 33 years is 1 B.C.E.; 1 B.C.E. + 476 - 33 = 444 B.C.E.) 444 B.C.E. falls squarely within the reign of Artaxerxes I, although neither the crucifixion of Jesus [from which we subtract 69 periods of seven 360-day years] nor the beginning of the reign of King Artaxerxes [to which we add 20 years] can be dated with absolute certainty. (Encyclopaedia Iranica: The exact month-dates of all these events [the murder of Xerxes and accession of Artaxerxes] are not given. Artaxerxes' accession year is generally thought to be the year 284 of the Babylonian Nobonassar era (beginning in December, 465 B.C.). ...The generally accepted date of his death in 425-24 seems based on the Babylonian Nabonassar era; but the sources show some confusion about the length of his reign: Ctesias, for instance, gives 42 years, Diodorus 40. The chronology is complicated by the brief and officially unrecognized reigns of Artapanus [the murderer of Xerxes] before, and of Xerxes II and Sogdianus after his own.)

^a If "the anointed one" is Jesus of Nazareth and assuming a crucifixion date in 33 C.E., backdating 476 years would be 444 B.C.E. as the year of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. (There is no year zero, so backdating 32 years is 1 C.E. and backdating 33 years is 1 B.C.E.; 1 B.C.E. + 476 - 33 = 444 B.C.E.) 444 B.C.E. falls squarely within the reign of Artaxerxes I, although neither the crucifixion of Jesus [from which we subtract 69 periods of seven 360-day years] nor the beginning of the reign of King Artaxerxes [to which we add 20 years] can be dated with absolute certainty. (Encyclopaedia Iranica: The exact month-dates of all these events [the murder of Xerxes and accession of Artaxerxes] are not given. Artaxerxes' accession year is generally thought to be the year 284 of the Babylonian Nobonassar era (beginning in December, 465 B.C.). ...The generally accepted date of his death in 425-24 seems based on the Babylonian Nabonassar era; but the sources show some confusion about the length of his reign: Ctesias, for instance, gives 42 years, Diodorus 40. The chronology is complicated by the brief and officially unrecognized reigns of Artapanus [the murderer of Xerxes] before, and of Xerxes II and Sogdianus after his own.)

^a If "the anointed one" is Jesus of Nazareth and assuming a crucifixion date in 33 C.E., backdating 476 years would be 444 B.C.E. as the year of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. (There is no year zero, so backdating 32 years is 1 C.E. and backdating 33 years is 1 B.C.E.; 1 B.C.E. + 476 - 33 = 444 B.C.E.) 444 B.C.E. falls squarely within the reign of Artaxerxes I, although neither the crucifixion of Jesus [from which we subtract 62 periods of seven 360-day years] nor the beginning of the reign of King Artaxerxes [to which we add 20 years] can be dated with absolute certainty. (Encyclopaedia Iranica: The exact month-dates of all these events [the murder of Xerxes and accession of Artaxerxes] are not given. Artaxerxes' accession year is generally thought to be the year 284 of the Babylonian Nobonassar era (beginning in December, 465 B.C.). ...The generally accepted date of his death in 425-24 seems based on the Babylonian Nabonassar era; but the sources show some confusion about the length of his reign: Ctesias, for instance, gives 42 years, Diodorus 40. The chronology is complicated by the brief and officially unrecognized reigns of Artapanus [the murderer of Xerxes] before, and of Xerxes II and Sogdianus after his own.)

^a If "the anointed one" is Jesus of Nazareth and assuming a crucifixion date in 33 C.E., backdating 476 years would be 444 B.C.E. as the year of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. (There is no year zero, so backdating 32 years is 1 C.E. and backdating 33 years is 1 B.C.E.; 1 B.C.E. + 476 - 33 = 444 B.C.E.) 444 B.C.E. falls squarely within the reign of Artaxerxes I, although neither the crucifixion of Jesus [from which we subtract 62 periods] nor the beginning of the reign of King Artaxerxes [to which we add 20 years] can be dated with absolute certainty. (Encyclopaedia Iranica: The exact month-dates of all these events [the murder of Xerxes and accession of Artaxerxes] are not given. Artaxerxes' accession year is generally thought to be the year 284 of the Babylonian Nobonassar era (beginning in December, 465 B.C.). ...The generally accepted date of his death in 425-24 seems based on the Babylonian Nabonassar era; but the sources show some confusion about the length of his reign: Ctesias, for instance, gives 42 years, Diodorus 40. The chronology is complicated by the brief and officially unrecognized reigns of Artapanus [the murderer of Xerxes] before, and of Xerxes II and Sogdianus after his own.)

^a If "the anointed one" is Jesus of Nazareth and assuming a crucifixion date in 33 C.E., backdating 476 years would be 444 B.C.E. as the year of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. (There is no year zero, so backdating 32 years is 1 C.E. and backdating 33 years is 1 B.C.E.; 1 B.C.E. + 476 - 33 = 444 B.C.E.) 444 B.C.E. falls solidly within the reign of Artaxerxes I, although neither the crucifixion of Jesus [from which we subtract 62 periods] nor the beginning of the reign of King Artaxerxes [to which we add 20 years] can be dated with absolute certainty. (Encyclopaedia Iranica: The exact month-dates of all these events [the murder of Xerxes and accession of Artaxerxes] are not given. Artaxerxes' accession year is generally thought to be the year 284 of the Babylonian Nobonassar era (beginning in December, 465 B.C.). ...The generally accepted date of his death in 425-24 seems based on the Babylonian Nabonassar era; but the sources show some confusion about the length of his reign: Ctesias, for instance, gives 42 years, Diodorus 40. The chronology is complicated by the brief and officially unrecognized reigns of Artapanus [the murderer of Xerxes] before, and of Xerxes II and Sogdianus after his own.)

^a If "the anointed one" is Jesus of Nazareth and assuming a crucifixion date in 33 C.E., backdating 476 years would be 444 B.C.E. as the year of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. (There is no year zero, so backdating 32 years is 1 C.E. and backdating 33 years is 1 B.C.E.; 1 B.C.E. + 476 - 33 = 444 B.C.E.) 444 B.C.E. falls solidly within the reign of Artaxerxes I, although neither the crucifixion of Jesus [from which we subtract 62 periods] nor the beginning of the reign of King Artaxerxes [to which we add 20 years] can be dated with absolute certainty. (Encyclopedia Iranica: The exact month-dates of all these events [the murder of Xerxes and accession of Artaxerxes] are not given. Artaxerxes' accession year is generally thought to be the year 284 of the Babylonian Nobonassar era (beginning in December, 465 B.C.). ...The generally accepted date of his death in 425-24 seems based on the Babylonian Nabonassar era; but the sources show some confusion about the length of his reign: Ctesias, for instance, gives 42 years, Diodorus 40. The chronology is complicated by the brief and officially unrecognized reigns of Artapanus [the murderer of Xerxes] before, and of Xerxes II and Sogdianus after his own.)

^a If "the anointed one" is Jesus of Nazareth and assuming a crucifixion date in 33 C.E., backdating 476 years would be 444 B.C.E. as the year of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. (There is no year zero, so backdating 32 years is 1 C.E. and backdating 33 years is 1 B.C.E.; 1 B.C.E. + 476 - 33 = 444 B.C.E.) 444 B.C.E. falls solidly within the reign of Artaxerxes I, although neither the crucifixion of Jesus [from which we subtract 62 periods] nor the beginning of the reign of King Artaxerxes [to which we addn20 years] can be dated with absolute certainty. (Encyclopedia Iranica: The exact month-dates of all these events [the murder of Xerxes and accession of Artaxerxes] are not given. Artaxerxes' accession year is generally thought to be the year 284 of the Babylonian Nobonassar era (beginning in December, 465 B.C.). ...The generally accepted date of his death in 425-24 seems based on the Babylonian Nabonassar era; but the sources show some confusion about the length of his reign: Ctesias, for instance, gives 42 years, Diodorus 40. The chronology is complicated by the brief and officially unrecognized reigns of Artapanus [the murderer of Xerxes] before, and of Xerxes II and Sogdianus after his own.)

^a If "the anointed one" is Jesus of Nazareth and assuming a crucifixion date in 33 C.E., backdating 476 years would be 444 B.C.E. as the year of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. (There is no year zero, so backdating 32 years is 1 C.E. and backdating 33 years is 1 B.C.E.; 1 B.C.E. + 476 - 33 = 444 B.C.E.) 444 B.C.E. falls during the reign of Artaxerxes I, although neither the crucifixion of Jesus [from which we subtract 476 years] nor the beginning of the reign of King Artaxerxes [to which we 20 years] can be dated with absolute certainty. (Encyclopedia Iranica: The exact month-dates of all these events [the murder of Xerxes and accession of Artaxerxes] are not given. Artaxerxes' accession year is generally thought to be the year 284 of the Babylonian Nobonassar era (beginning in December, 465 B.C.).... The generally accepted date of his death in 425-24 seems based on the Babylonian Nabonassar era; but the sources show some confusion about the length of his reign: Ctesias, for instance, gives 42 years, Diodorus 40. The chronology is complicated by the brief and officially unrecognized reigns of Artapanus [the murderer of Xerxes] before, and of Xerxes II and Sogdianus after his own.)

^a If "the anointed one" is Jesus of Nazareth and assuming a crucifixion date in 33 C.E., backdating 476 years would be 444 B.C.E. as the year of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, and would be during the reign of Artaxerxes I (there is no year zero, so backdating 32 years is 1 C.E. and backdating 33 years is 1 B.C.E.; 1 B.C.E. + 476 - 33 = 444 B.C.E.), although neither the crucifixion of Jesus nor the beginning of the reign of King Artaxerxes can be dated with absolute certainty. (Encyclopedia Iranica: The exact month-dates of all these events [the murder of Xerxes and accession of Artaxerxes] are not given. Artaxerxes' accession year is generally thought to be the year 284 of the Babylonian Nobonassar era (beginning in December, 465 B.C.).... The generally accepted date of his death in 425-24 seems based on the Babylonian Nabonassar era; but the sources show some confusion about the length of his reign: Ctesias, for instance, gives 42 years, Diodorus 40. The chronology is complicated by the brief and officially unrecognized reigns of Artapanus [the murderer of Xerxes] before, and of Xerxes II and Sogdianus after his own.)

^a If "the anointed one" is Jesus of Nazareth and assuming a crucifixion date in 33 C.E., backdating 476 years would be 444 B.C.E. as the year of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, and would be during the reign of Artaxerxes I. (There is no year zero, so backdating 32 years is 1 C.E. and backdating 33 years is 1 B.C.E.; 1 B.C.E. + 476 - 33 = 444 B.C.E.) Note that neither the crucifixion of Jesus nor the beginning of the reign of King Artaxerxes can be dated with absolute certainty. (Encyclopedia Iranica: The exact month-dates of all these events [the murder of Xerxes and accession of Artaxerxes] are not given. Artaxerxes' accession year is generally thought to be the year 284 of the Babylonian Nobonassar era (beginning in December, 465 B.C.).... The generally accepted date of his death in 425-24 seems based on the Babylonian Nabonassar era; but the sources show some confusion about the length of his reign: Ctesias, for instance, gives 42 years, Diodorus 40. The chronology is complicated by the brief and officially unrecognized reigns of Artapanus [the murderer of Xerxes] before, and of Xerxes II and Sogdianus after his own.)

^a If "the anointed one" is Jesus of Nazareth and assuming a crucifixion date in 33 C.E., backdating 476 years would be 444 B.C.E. as the year of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. (There is no year zero, so backdating 32 years is 1 C.E. and backdating 33 years is 1 B.C.E.; 1 B.C.E. + 476 - 33 = 444 B.C.E.) Note that neither the crucifixion of Jesus nor the beginning of the reign of King Artaxerxes can be dated with absolute certainty. (Encyclopedia Iranica: The exact month-dates of all these events [the murder of Xerxes and accession of Artaxerxes] are not given. Artaxerxes' accession year is generally thought to be the year 284 of the Babylonian Nobonassar era (beginning in December, 465 B.C.).... The generally accepted date of his death in 425-24 seems based on the Babylonian Nabonassar era; but the sources show some confusion about the length of his reign: Ctesias, for instance, gives 42 years, Diodorus 40. The chronology is complicated by the brief and officially unrecognized reigns of Artapanus [the murderer of Xerxes] before, and of Xerxes II and Sogdianus after his own.)

^a If "the anointed one" is Jesus of Nazareth and assuming a crucifixion date in 33 C.E., backdating 476 years would be 444 B.C.E. as the year of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. (There is no year zero, so backdating 32 years is 1 C.E. and backdating 33 years is 1 B.C.E.; 1 B.C.E. + 476 - 33 = 444 B.C.E.) Note that neither the crucifixion of Jesus nor the beginning of the reign of King Artaxerxes can be dated with absolute certainty. (Encyclopedia Iranica: The exact month-dates of all these events [the murder of Xerxes and accession of Artaxerxes] are not given. Artaxerxes' accession year is generally thought to be the year 284 of the Babylonian Nobonassar era (beginning in December, 465 B.C.)....)

^a If "the anointed one" is Jesus of Nazareth and assuming a crucifixion date in 33 C.E., backdating 476 years would be 444 B.C.E. as the year of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. (There is no year zero, so backdating 32 years is 1 C.E. and backdating 33 years is 1 B.C.E.; 1 B.C.E. + 476 - 33 = 444 B.C.E.) Note that neither the crucifixion of Jesus nor the beginning of the reign of King Artaxerxes can be exactly dated with absolute certainty. (Encyclopedia Iranica: The exact month-dates of all these events [the murder of Xerxes and accession of Artaxerxes] are not given. Artaxerxes' accession year is generally thought to be the year 284 of the Babylonian Nobonassar era (beginning in December, 465 B.C.)....)

^a If "the anointed one" is Jesus of Nazareth and assuming a crucifixion date in 33 C.E., backdating 476 years would be 444 B.C.E. for the year of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. (There is no year zero, so backdating 32 years is 1 C.E. and backdating 33 years is 1 B.C.E.; 1 B.C.E. + 476 - 33 = 444 B.C.E.) Note that neither the crucifixion of Jesus nor the beginning of the reign of King Artaxerxes can be exactly dated with absolute certainty. (Encyclopedia Iranica: The exact month-dates of all these events [the murder of Xerxes and accession of Artaxerxes] are not given. Artaxerxes' accession year is generally thought to be the year 284 of the Babylonian Nobonassar era (beginning in December, 465 B.C.)....)

^a Assuming "the anointed one" is Jesus of Nazareth and a crucifixion date in 33 C.E., backdating 476 years would be 444 B.C.E. for the year of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. (There is no year zero, so backdating 32 years is 1 C.E. and backdating 33 years is 1 B.C.E.; 1 B.C.E. + 476 - 33 = 444 B.C.E.) Note that neither the crucifixion of Jesus nor the beginning of the reign of King Artaxerxes can be exactly dated with absolute certainty. (Encyclopedia Iranica: The exact month-dates of all these events [the murder of Xerxes and accession of Artaxerxes] are not given. Artaxerxes' accession year is generally thought to be the year 284 of the Babylonian Nobonassar era (beginning in December, 465 B.C.)....)

^a Assuming "the anointed one" is Jesus of Nazareth and a crucifixion date in 33 C.E., backdating 476 years would be 444 B.C.E. for the year of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. (There is no year zero, so backdating 32 years is 1 C.E. and backdating 33 years is 1 B.C.E.; 1 B.C.E. + 476 - 33 = 444 B.C.E.) Note that neither the crucifixion of Jesus nor the beginning of the reign of King Artaxerxes can be exactly dated with absolute certainty.

^a Assuming "the anointed one" is Jesus of Nazareth and a crucifixion date of April 3, 33 C.E., backdating 476 years would be 444 B.C.E. for the year of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. (There is no year zero, so backdating 32 years is 1 C.E. and backdating 33 years is 1 B.C.E.; 1 B.C.E. + 476 - 33 = 444 B.C.E.) Note that neither the crucifixion of Jesus nor the beginning of the reign of King Artaxerxes can be exactly dated with absolute certainty.

^a Assuming "the anointed one" is Jesus of Nazareth and a crucifixion date of April 3, 33 C.E., backdating 476 years would be 444 B.C.E. for the year of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. (There is no year zero, so backdating 32 years is 1 C.E. and backdating 33 years is 1 B.C.E.; 1 B.C.E. + 476 - 33 = 444 B.C.E.) Note that neither the crucifixion of Jesus nor the beginning of the reign of King Artaxerxes can be exactly dated with certainty.

^a Assuming "the anointed one" is Jesus of Nazareth and a crucifixion date of April 3, 33 C.E., backdating 476 years would be 444 B.C.E. for the year of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. (There is no year zero, so backdating 32 years is 1 C.E. and backdating 33 years is 1 B.C.E.; 1 B.C.E. + 476 - 33 = 444 B.C.E.) Note that neither the crucifixion of Jesus nor the beginning of the reign of King Artaxerxes can be exactly dated with absolute certainty.

^a Assuming "the anointed one" is Jesus of Nazareth and a crucifixion date of April 3, 33 C.E., backdating 476 years would be 444 B.C.E. for the year of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. (There is no year zero, so backdating 32 years is 1 C.E. and backdating 33 years is 1 B.C.E.; 1 B.C.E. + 476 - 33 = 444 B.C.E.) Note, though, that neither the crucifixion of Jesus nor the beginning of the reign of King Artaxerxes can be dated with absolute certainty.

^a Assuming "the anointed one" is Jesus of Nazareth and a crucifixion date of April 3, 33 C.E., backdating 476 years would be 444 B.C.E. for the year of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. (There is no year zero, so backdating 32 years is 1 C.E. and backdating 33 years is 1 B.C.E.; 1 B.C.E. + 476 - 33 = 444 B.C.E.)

^a Assuming Jesus of Nazareth is "the anointed one" and a crucifixion date of April 3, 33 C.E., backdating 476 years would be 444 B.C.E. for the year of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem. (There is no year zero, so backdating 32 years is 1 C.E. and backdating 33 years is 1 B.C.E.; 1 B.C.E. + 476 - 33 = 444 B.C.E.)

^a Assuming Jesus of Nazareth is "the anointed one" and a crucifixion date of April 3, 33 C.E., backdating 476 years is 444 B.C.E. (There is no year zero, so backdating 32 years is 1 C.E. and backdating 33 years is 1 B.C.E.; 1 B.C.E. + 476 - 33 = 444 B.C.E.)