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Handbook of biblical chronology : principles of time reckoning in the ancient world and problems of chronology in the Bible / Jack Finegan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Peabody, Massachusetts : Hendrickson Publishers, (c)1998.Edition: revisedition. editionDescription: xxxvii, 426 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781565631434
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS637 .H363 1998
  • BS637
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Contents:
Pt. 2. Problems of chronology in the Bible. The Old Testament ; The New Testament.
Subject: Have you been skipping over references to time in the Bible because they seem too confusing? Jack Finegan's Handbook of Biblical Chronology clarifies those ancient systems of time reckoning and the biblical passages that use them. Part 1 describes the origins of basic units of time and surveys the calendars used in the ancient Near East through the Roman era. Part 2 discusses major periods of the Old Testament, as well as the lives of Jesus, John the Baptist, and the Apostles Peter and Paul. This thoroughly revised edition includes a number of improvements over the classic 1964 edition. The text has been updated, expanded, and retypeset. It features more than 190 helpful tables (including 43 new ones), new sections, new datings, full subject and Scripture indexes, a detailed table of contents, and updated bibliographies.
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Pt. 1. Principles of chronology in the ancient world. Numerals ; The reckoning of time in the ancient world ; Early chroniclers and chronographers -- Pt. 2. Problems of chronology in the Bible. The Old Testament ; The New Testament.

Have you been skipping over references to time in the Bible because they seem too confusing? Jack Finegan's Handbook of Biblical Chronology clarifies those ancient systems of time reckoning and the biblical passages that use them. Part 1 describes the origins of basic units of time and surveys the calendars used in the ancient Near East through the Roman era. Part 2 discusses major periods of the Old Testament, as well as the lives of Jesus, John the Baptist, and the Apostles Peter and Paul. This thoroughly revised edition includes a number of improvements over the classic 1964 edition. The text has been updated, expanded, and retypeset. It features more than 190 helpful tables (including 43 new ones), new sections, new datings, full subject and Scripture indexes, a detailed table of contents, and updated bibliographies.

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