13 months based on the lunar cycle makes sense. It’s not like the Bible uses hard dates, ie September 1. It’s not really hiding anything, it’s just marking time differently.
The Bible used "hard dates" many times. For example, in the telling of the Flood, exact dates, month and day, were given. When combined with the information in the Bible, synchronisms with rulers' reigns in various countries, and astronomical data, we can figure out exactly when a lot of things in the Bible occurred.
There were only 13 months in a year when an intercalary month had to be added to keep the year in sync with the seasons. Regular years only had 12 months.
13 months based on the lunar cycle makes sense. It’s not like the Bible uses hard dates, ie September 1. It’s not really hiding anything, it’s just marking time differently.
The Bible used "hard dates" many times. For example, in the telling of the Flood, exact dates, month and day, were given. When combined with the information in the Bible, synchronisms with rulers' reigns in various countries, and astronomical data, we can figure out exactly when a lot of things in the Bible occurred.
There were only 13 months in a year when an intercalary month had to be added to keep the year in sync with the seasons. Regular years only had 12 months.
And what are those exact dates of the flood again?
3170 BC is the year. The date is the 17 day of the 2nd month, Jewish calendar.
The dates are in Genesis, in case you've never bothered to read it.
The year has been carefully calculated based on the timeline in the Bible compared with reigns of rulers in various countries confirmed by astronomy.
That's not what "hard date" means. Why make up stories? This doesn't benefit Christians. It only makes you look foolish.
Actually, do what I did and go look it up in your Bible. I was wrong.