josepus tells the story of the "dedication" and then surprises the readers that the holiday is named "light" quote "from that time to this we celebrate this, which we call the Festival of Lights [phôta], because" this is surprising because he is describing the dedication yet the name is not as in new testament revealing they are separate holidays. those who "assume" it is the same one must contend with the two different names since josepus was after the new testament and was discussiing the dedication he could use the name used by the jews in the new testament unless light is a separate holiday.
stop assuming ut is the same one. hagai 2 describes the foundation "from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD'S temple was laid" this is the one new testament referred to in the "pouring" like ninth month in hagai rain season, while josepus refers to a second holiday distinctly named lights not on 24 but on 25. each is a one day holiday with a unique them e and disrtinct name the new testament refers to the holiday on 24 in the "pourijng" so the name is not light while josepus refers to the holiday "we cal light" onm 25 and the rabbis have a different religion ignoring hagai and josepus with a neew religion 8 days of light which the original jews did not do. see for yourself two distinct names josepus does not use the name at the time of the old testaemnt to distinguish so stop assuming it is the same holiday it is separate dates and different themse and names. see for yoursellf.i dare you to find me a jew who obeys hagai 24 jews have detached from tradition and replaced it with no 24 and replaced 25 with 8 days neither in new testament nor in josepus thei r pracstice is like ramadan month.
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