however, she fails to realize (or at least point out) that this story deals with ELIJAH, and the coming of the exiles, which puts the story at 600bc, not 0.
I understood this exactly the same way that you did, especially since Faith said that the jerusalem Talmud is one of the sources used as a basis for these 'works of fiction'. But, she said it has nothing to do with the Elijah that we are thinking about.
I haven't heard of the book that she is using so it is difficult to make much of a comment. I just took it for granted that it was thee Elijah.
Brian.