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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 theorized the world was created Oct. 23, 4004 B.C. – making it 6,012 years old this month.
Have you ever thought about the world having a birthday?
What a great way to commemorate the date by getting the world's
most remarkable history book – a standard classical education tool for
homeschoolers and others who care about a biblical perspective on
history.
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.
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 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,
"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.
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