Producing a Chronology from the Scriptures is a task that is fraught with difficulties. This Chronology of Mine is based upon the Masoretic text of the Old Testament. The Validity of it some will question namely the Eastern European Churches who hold the view that the Septuguaint is more accurate.
To those who aspire to produce a Chronology , this one contains the Scriptures verses and their contents as a reference. It also contains comments from other sources which help for research.
The Protestant reformation led to the incorporation of the Masoretic text into the Divine Canon. Prior to this the Early Church Fathers favoured the Septuguaint.
Bishop Usher devised his Chronology from the Masoretic Text.
The link Below is to a revision of the one above, it contains the occupations of the land of Israel by other nations up to the Jewish Nation recaptured it in 1967. It is a Pdf Document,
Excell Chronology -Apocalypse-occupations
Attached is another Document that contains the criticism towards the use of the Masoretic Text. It is worth reading for it highlights the problems encountred due to different texts.
a_dissertation_on_sacred_chronology
The Links Above are PDF files which you can save for your own use as a source of reference.
Also their is another factor in this puzzle concernining the Chronology as today some who challenge the validity of the Messiah we proclaim use the Aleppo Codex which has been translated from the Hebrew into english and differs substatantially from our translation of the Masoretic text. When you quote the old testament to them they produce their modern version to prove that the messiah has not come yet.
Secular Chronology appears to have some errors in it as well , one of them seems to be the 586bc destruction of Jerusalem and Solomons Temple.
The 360 day years that some use to prove the dispensational view of the Seventy weeks of Daniel disregards the fact that the Levites corrected their calendar periodicaly to align with the Solar by adding in a extra month. If this is not taken into account there will be no Wave offering at the feast of Pentecost because the seasons will be out of kilter with the prescribed feasts. This includes when Lambs are born as well.
490 times 5.25 days gives you a discrepancy of 2572.5 days (a seven year discrepancy).
One other problem is the modern Jewish Year which differs substantially from our division of time into BC and Ad. If you look up a Jewish Chronology you will discover vast differences from the Masoretic Text. Usher computed 4004Bc they compute 3760 BCE.
So happy hunting , if you have a good chronology you would like to add to this site let me know , or add a Comment with a PDF link to the source for others. If you have any recommendations to correct any Major problems in mine drop me a line , because sometimes two heads are better than one.
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