Science has changed the way we live and think. Careful observations and measurements are made of the physical world that we know. After analysis, we can only form an opinion of what we believe, based on our findings.
There are a few questions one might ask: Just how old is the world? Can we determine the year, or perhaps the exact day the earth was created? Can the chronological study of history give us any clues?
James Ussher (1581-1656), a scholar from Ireland asked these same questions himself. Ussher was born in Dublin, Ireland.
Ussher would research, write, and chronologize his works on the subject. In 1650, James Ussher would publish his most famous work, called Annales veteris testamenti a prima mundi origine deducti (The Annals of the Old Testament, Deduced from the First Origin of the World).
In his works he establishes that the first day of creation was on Sunday, the 23rd day of October, in 4004 BC. Ussher also calculates other dates: Adam and Eve were driven from Paradise on Monday, November 10, 4004 B.C., and Noah’s Ark touched down on Mt. Ararat on Wednesday, May 5, 2348 B.C.
Ussher’s works were based on his studies of the Bible, Middle Eastern sources, knowledge of calendars, and Roman history. Ussher was highly regarded as a scholar.
Sources
1. BISHOP USSHER DATES THE WORLD: 4004 BC
2. James Ussher’s Date of the Creation
3. James Ussher
