Being one year off is nothing compared to what Bishop Usshur calculated as 4004 BC for “year one”, 6027 years ago. https://www.earthhistory.org.uk/questions-of-age/ussher-and-the-genealogies
I suppose even the most assiduous of chroniclers really did not have a lot of reliable material with which to work, given the incentives for the available documentation to support political control and tribal authority.
Happy New Year, Neo– and here’s hoping Hurricane Lee stays out of your neck of the woods.
There are days I feel about 4637 of those. 😉
And I’m still writing 5782 on my checks!
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5783 was last year. The new year is 5784.
It’s 5784.
Shana Tova!
Did I oversleep?
Again?
I guess I’m behind the times. Will fix.
I guess I’m a mini Rip van Winkle.
Being one year off is nothing compared to what Bishop Usshur calculated as 4004 BC for “year one”, 6027 years ago.
https://www.earthhistory.org.uk/questions-of-age/ussher-and-the-genealogies
I suppose even the most assiduous of chroniclers really did not have a lot of reliable material with which to work, given the incentives for the available documentation to support political control and tribal authority.
Happy New Year, Neo– and here’s hoping Hurricane Lee stays out of your neck of the woods.
There are days I feel about 4637 of those. 😉
And I’m still writing 5782 on my checks!