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== Biblical Genealogy ==

== Biblical Genealogy ==

:''Main Article: [[Biblical genealogy]]''

{{Main|Biblical genealogy}}

The year of creation is 1 AM ([[Anno Mundi]], year of the world). [[James Ussher]] calculated the date of creation as October 23, 4004 BC. This date fell on the Sunday nearest the autumnal [[equinox]].<ref name=Ussher>[[James Ussher]], ''[[The Annals of the World]]'', [[Larry Pierce]], ed., Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003 (ISBN 0890513600), pgh. 1</ref> Pierre Simon Laplace, as quoted by Martin Anstey, observed that this date occurred in a year when the equinoxes were aligned with the major axis of the orbit of the [[earth]] around the [[sun]].<ref name=Laplace>Anstey, Martin. ''The Romance of Biblical Chronology''. London: Marshall Bros., 1913, pp. 48-49. Cited in Jones, Floyd N. ''The Chronology of the Old Testament'', Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2004 (ISBN 9780890514160), pp. 26-27</ref>

The year of creation is 1 AM ([[Anno Mundi]], year of the world). [[James Ussher]] calculated the date of creation as October 23, 4004 BC. This date fell on the Sunday nearest the autumnal [[equinox]].<ref name=Ussher>[[James Ussher]], ''[[The Annals of the World]]'', [[Larry Pierce]], ed., Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003 (ISBN 0890513600), pgh. 1</ref> Pierre Simon Laplace, as quoted by Martin Anstey, observed that this date occurred in a year when the equinoxes were aligned with the major axis of the orbit of the [[earth]] around the [[sun]].<ref name=Laplace>Anstey, Martin. ''The Romance of Biblical Chronology''. London: Marshall Bros., 1913, pp. 48-49. Cited in Jones, Floyd N. ''The Chronology of the Old Testament'', Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2004 (ISBN 9780890514160), pp. 26-27</ref>

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== See Also ==

== See also ==

* [[Bible]]

* [[Bible]]

* [[Biblical chronology dispute]]

* [[Biblical chronology dispute]]