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=== The Ussher Camp === | === The Ussher Camp === | ||
This camp takes its name from [[James Ussher]] and includes every Biblical scholar, including [[Floyd Nolan Jones]] and [[Larry Pierce]], who supports Ussher's original chronology. Ussherites insist that James Ussher's calculations, made strictly from Scripture, are impeccable and unimpeachable, and that any other date from archaeology ''must'' give place to it. However, as will soon be apparent, Ussher's assumptions are not entirely without controversy.<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> | This camp takes its name from [[James Ussher]] and includes every Biblical scholar, including [[Floyd Nolan Jones]] and [[Larry Pierce]], who supports Ussher's original chronology. Ussherites insist that James Ussher's calculations, made strictly from Scripture, are impeccable and unimpeachable, and that any other date from archaeology ''must'' give place to it. However, as will soon be apparent, Ussher's assumptions are not entirely without controversy.<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> | ||
The major chronological works of the Ussher school are: | |||
*James Ussher, Annals of the World, 1654 | |||
*Floyd Nolan Jones, The Chronology of the Old Testament, Master Books, 2005 | |||
=== The Thiele Camp === | === The Thiele Camp === | ||
