The Beginning of the World According to James Ussher

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On the 21st of March 1656, the archbishop of Armagh in Ireland, James Ussher, died in Reigate, Surrey, England. He was one of the few scholars who attempted decipheringbiblical chronologyand placing it within historical context . As strange as it may all sound, he managed to calculate the beginning of the world, using the Hebrew Bibleas a reference. He claimed that, “The beginning of time according to our chronology, happened at the start of the evening preceding the 23rd day of O...