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=== The Ussher Tradition === | === The Ussher Tradition === | ||
This camp takes its name from [[James Ussher]] and includes | This camp takes its name from [[James Ussher]] and includes Biblical scholars who support Ussher's original chronology, including [[Floyd Nolan Jones]] and [[Larry Pierce]]. Followers of Ussher's tradition insist that the chronological data found in the Scriptures are impeccable and unimpeachable, and that conflicting data from non-Biblical sources ''must'' give way to it.<ref name=Ussher>[[James Ussher]], ''[[The Annals of the World]]'', [[Larry Pierce]], ed., Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003 (ISBN 0890513600)</ref><ref name=Pierce>[[Larry Pierce]], "[http://www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v15/i1/chronology.asp Evidentialism–the Bible and Assyrian chronology]," ''TJ'' 15(1):62–68 April 2001. Retrieved April 30, 2007</ref> Several of the major creation ministries, such as [[Answers in Genesis]], and The Creation Research Institute<!-- probably [[Institute for Creation Research]], possibly [[Christian Research Institute]] -->, follow the Ussher Tradition. | ||
The major chronological works of the Ussher tradition are: | The major chronological works of the Ussher tradition are: | ||
* | *James Ussher, ''[[The Annals of the World]]'', 1654 | ||
*Floyd Nolan Jones, ''The Chronology of the Old Testament'', Master Books, 2005 | *Floyd Nolan Jones, ''[[The Chronology of the Old Testament]]'', Master Books, 2005 | ||
=== The Thiele Tradition === | === The Thiele Tradition === | ||
