Abstract
THIS is one of those strange little works which are continually issuing from the clerical workshop with the aim of expounding the early chronology of the Bible. Mr. Jones has many glimpses of real knowledge of archæological science, and has evidently read widely on the subject, but not always wisely, and he perpetrates several blunders. The most patent impossibility in the book is the absurd date assigned to the building of the Great Pyramid, viz., 2170 B.C., on the authority of Sir John Herschel. This is utterly impossible, on historical grounds.
The Dates of Genesis. A Comparison of the Biblical Chronology with that of other Ancient Nations. With an Appendix on Chronological Astronomy.
By Rev. F. A. Jones Pp. 333. (London: Kingsgate Press, 1909.) Price 5s. net.
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The Dates of Genesis. A Comparison of the Biblical Chronology with that of other Ancient Nations. With an Appendix on Chronological Astronomy . Nature 83, 244–245 (1910). https://doi.org/10.1038/083244a0
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