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Originally Posted by Shoonra
I don't think the schedule is "impossible", especially considering the likelihood that Herod, as monarch, is given credit for "doing" things that he may have merely ordered others to do for him.
I think a crucial element of the sequence given by Josephus is that this followed close on the heels of a religious fast day. As I said, no such fast occurred in December or January but did occur in early March, 4 BC.
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It is wise to consider Josephus a fabricated account.