Creation
occurred 6,010 years ago Oct. 23, says historian
Get history book that traced actual date it all got started
Posted: October 1, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
How old is the world?
Most people would say: "Nobody knows."
But the author of the book frequently described as the greatest
history book ever written, said the world was created Oct. 23, 4004
B.C. making it exactly 6,009 last Monday.
In the 1650s, an Anglican bishop named James Ussher published his
"Annals of the World," subtitled, "The Origin of Time, and
Continued to the Beginning of the Emperor Vespasian's Reign and the
Total Destruction and Abolition of the Temple and Commonwealth of
the Jews." First published in Latin, it consisted of more than
1,600 pages.
The book, now published in English for the first time, is a
favorite of homeschoolers and those who take ancient history
seriously. It's the history of the world from the Garden of Eden to
the fall of Jerusalem in AD 70.
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Of course, there will be those who disagree with Ussher's
calculations of time especially evolutionists who need billions
of years to explain their theory of how life sprang from non-life
and mutated from one-celled animals into human beings.
Ussher's arrival at the date of Oct. 23 was determined based on the
fact that most peoples of antiquity, especially the Jews, started
their calendar at harvest time. Ussher concluded there must be good
reason for this, so he chose the first Sunday following autumnal
equinox.
Although the autumnal equinox is Sept. 21 today, that is only
because of historical calendar-juggling to make the years come out
right.
If you think this is a startling fact an actual date for Creation
you haven't seen anything until you've pored through the rest of
Ussher's "Annals of the World." It's a classic history book for
those who believe in the Bible and a compelling challenge for
those who don't.
The new edition of "Annals" is one of the most significant
publishing events of the 21st century.
In this masterful and legendary volume, commissioned by Master
Books to be updated from the 17th-century original Latin manuscript
to modern English and made available to the general public, is the
fascinating history of the ancient world from the Genesis creation
through the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple.
Find out:
* Why was Julius Caesar kidnapped in 75 B.C.?
* Why did Alexander the Great burn his ships in 326 B.C.?
* What really happened when the sun "went backward" as a sign to
Hezekiah?
* What does secular history say about the darkness at the
Crucifixion?
Ussher traveled throughout Europe, gathering much information from
the actual historical documents. Many of these documents are no
longer available, having been destroyed since the time of his
research.
Integrating biblical history (around 15 percent of the text is from
the Bible) with secular sources, Ussher wrote this masterpiece.
Considered not only a literary classic, but also an accurate
reference, "The Annals of the World" was so highly regarded for its
preciseness that the timeline from it was included in the margins
of many King James Version Bibles throughout the 18th, 19th, and
20th centuries.
"The Annals of the World" is a necessary addition to any church
library, pastor's library, or any library public or personal. The
entire text has been updated from 17th-century English to
present-day vernacular in a five-year project commissioned by
Master Books. Containing many human-interest stories from the
original historical documents collected by Ussher, this is more
than just a history book it's a work of history.
Special features:
* Important literary work that has been inaccessible in book form
for over 300 years
* Includes CD of Ussher's Chronology of the World full of colored
charts, graphs, timelines, and much, much more
* Translated into modern English for the first time
* Traces world history from creation through A.D. 70
* Over 10,000 footnotes from the original text have been updated to
references from works in the Loeb Classical Library by Harvard
Press
* Over 2,500 citations from the Bible and the Apocrypha
* Ussher's original citations have been checked against the latest
textual scholarship
* One of history's most famous and well-respected historians
* Spent over five years researching and writing this book
* Entered college at age 13
* Received his master's degree at age 18
* Was an expert in Semitic languages
* Buried in Westminster Abbey
About the book:
* Made of the highest quality material: Smyth sewn, gold-gilded
edges, foil embossing on front, back, and spine
* Cover presented in the style of classic literary works
* Packaged in a beautiful box for display purposes and
durability
* 8 appendixes
* Fully indexed
* Paragraphs numbered
This is one of the most important literary, historical and
Christian works you'll ever own, a treasure for any home library.
It's a must for your homeschool library.
For generations, this classic work was considered part of the
essential reading for educated people. Now you can read it in
English.
"Annals" is now available in softcover, too.
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