Dating the Passion : the Life of Jesus and the Emergence of Scientific Chronology (200-1600).

Drawing on computistical and astronomical sources from late antiquity to the Renaissance, this book demonstrates how pre-modern Christian attempts to determine the principal dates of the life of Jesus played an essential role in the development of historical chronology.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nothaft, C. Philipp E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden : BRILL, 2011.
Series:Time, astronomy, and calendars ; v. 1.
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