LXX Anno Mundi

[AliOgg]

is it correct that a calculation for Anno Mundi taken from the LXX comes to approx. 5,500 B.C. anyone know?

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[Jacob4707]

is it correct that a calculation for Anno Mundi taken from the LXX comes to approx. 5,500 B.C. anyone know?

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And God Bless All His Peoples.

Wouldn't that be MMMMMD B.C.?


(Or V with a line over it for 5,000?)

[Ioan cel Nou]

Wouldn't that be MMMMMD B.C.?


(Or V with a line over it for 5,000?)
I think that by LXX he means Septuagint, not that LXX = 5,000 BC. I'm fairly hazy on the detail of how it was calculated, but I do believe that the Byzantine date for the creation (which they used to use for the start of the calendar) is indeed approx. 5,500 BC. The reason I think you are correct is that the tomb of my son's patron saint (died 1504) uses that old calendar in the inscription and I recall it putting his death as approximately the year 7000 (can't remember the exact number, though)

James

[ma2000]

5508

[Xpycoctomos]

Forgive me if I am missign the point here or am sayig the obvious... but if you are seeing LXX in terms of a bible, that is, as another poster said, the septuigent which is what the Orthodox translation of the OT, I believe. It means "the 70" for (I THINK) traditionally it is believed that 70 rabbiis came together and put the Hebrew Old Testament into Greek (Before Christ's incarnation). Sorry if that is not what the question was asking. And please correct me anyone if I am wrong or totallly off on any of the details.

John

[AliOgg]

Wouldn't that be MMMMMD B.C.?


(Or V with a line over it for 5,000?)
I guess it would

God Bless You

And God Bless All His Peoples.

[AliOgg]

I think that by LXX he means Septuagint, not that LXX = 5,000 BC. I'm fairly hazy on the detail of how it was calculated, but I do believe that the Byzantine date for the creation (which they used to use for the start of the calendar) is indeed approx. 5,500 BC. The reason I think you are correct is that the tomb of my son's patron saint (died 1504) uses that old calendar in the inscription and I recall it putting his death as approximately the year 7000 (can't remember the exact number, though)

James
yes that is what I meant, many thanks

God Bless You

And God Bless All His Peoples.

[AliOgg]

5508
many thanks

God Bless You

And God Bless All His Peoples.

[AliOgg]

Forgive me if I am missign the point here or am sayig the obvious... but if you are seeing LXX in terms of a bible, that is, as another poster said, the septuigent which is what the Orthodox translation of the OT, I believe. It means "the 70" for (I THINK) traditionally it is believed that 70 rabbiis came together and put the Hebrew Old Testament into Greek (Before Christ's incarnation). Sorry if that is not what the question was asking. And please correct me anyone if I am wrong or totallly off on any of the details.

John
thank you, yes in saying the LXX I was refering to the Septuagint

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And God Bless All His Peoples.

[Jacob4707]

is it correct that a calculation for Anno Mundi taken from the LXX comes to approx. 5,500 B.C. anyone know?

God Bless You

And God Bless All His Peoples.Wouldn't that be MMMMMD B.C.?


(Or V with a line over it for 5,000?)I guess it would

God Bless You

And God Bless All His Peoples.

Well, I'm glad you got my joke. ;)

[AliOgg]

Well, I'm glad you got my joke. ;)
me 2

[AliOgg]

I was going to put...

maybe I should say, me II or me IIIV but when i tried to convert IIIV on NOVA ROMA site it came back as 6 which is VI and now I am puzzled, any ideas? does IIIV work for 2 or am I just being silly, not that that bothers me, silly works as well