Annales veteris testamenti, a prima mundi origine deducti

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Annales veteris testamenti, a prima mundi origine deducti is a 17th-century chronological work by James Ussher that attempts to date biblical events from the creation of the world onward, famously calculating creation as occurring in 4004 BC.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
chronological work
theological work
aimsTo establish a precise biblical timeline
associatedWith young Earth chronology
author Archbishop James Ussher
surface form: James Ussher
coversPeriodFrom creation of the world
coversPeriodTo beginning of the Roman Empire
dateOfCreationClaim 4004 BC
famousFor dating creation to 4004 BC
focusesOn dating biblical events
genre chronicle
religious history
hasAuthorOccupation archbishop
biblical scholar
hasNotableConcept Anno Mundi dating
synchronization of biblical and secular history
hasOriginalTitleLanguage Latin
hasReception long influential in English-speaking world
hasWorldview literal reading of Old Testament chronology
young Earth view of history
historicalContext post-Reformation scholarship
influenced Anglo-American Protestant thought
later biblical chronologists
language Latin
laterReferencedIn marginal dates of some King James Bibles
placeOfOrigin Ireland
printedIn 17th-century Europe
publicationCentury 17th century
religiousTradition Protestant Christianity
subject Bible
surface form: Old Testament

biblical chronology
biblical history
timeSpanDescribed from creation to 70 AD (approximate)
usesMethod biblical literalism
genealogical calculations
usesSource Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

classical historical sources
workOf chronology

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Archbishop James Ussher notableWork Annales veteris testamenti, a prima mundi origine deducti
subject surface form: James Ussher
Annals of the World originalTitle Annales veteris testamenti, a prima mundi origine deducti
this entity surface form: Annales Veteris Testamenti, a prima mundi origine deducti