Talk:Anno Mundi
Date of Creation in The Annals of the World
What does everybody think of the new section I have created? It lists all the assumptions that Ussher made for calculating the date of Creation, including the key disputed dates of:
- The birth of Abraham
- Exodus of Israel
- The groundbreaking of the Temple
Not to mention the reckoning of the king lists in I and II Kings.
What I'd really like to do is build another chronology by correcting any of Ussher's assumptions that we can reasonably declare to be mistaken.
Comments? Suggestions? --Temlakos 21:00, 23 December 2006 (EST)
- Sounds like a great idea, I think all of your articles are very well written and needed. So, I am sure whatever article you make will be fine. To me at least. --Tony Sommer 13:54, 8 July 2007 (EDT)
Points of Interest (for me at least)
Seasons
In Ussher's chronology, each season has a letter.
a = Autumn
b = Winter
c = Spring
d = Summer
Conversion of AD to AM
Since there is no zeroth year, we must consider BC dates negative in this manner:
(year)AD = -( -1 + (year)BC )
In this reckoning, 4004 BC is -4003 AD.
The distance formula for one dimension is:
Distance = ((pointfinal-pointinitial)^2)^(1/2)
So, the year AM should be:
(year) AM = | (year) AD - (-4003) AD |
For the year 2008 (as of this fall):
(year) AM = | 2008 - (-4003) |
(year) AM = | 6011 |
(year) AM = 6011 AM
Currently, as this is summer of 2008 and not fall, the year is 6010d AM.
Ben Fournier. Iamnotaparakeet 22:10, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
