Tyler Jarvis
@thailure.bsky.social
PhD candidate at UCLA. Lecturer of Classical Hebrew at AJU. Writing about Jewish Diaspora in the Achaemenid Period. Not a loser but I played one on TV. Twice.
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In 1650 CE, the Bishop James Ussher released a chronology which added up the years in the biblical text to determine the age of the world. He determined that the Earth was created on October 23rd, 4004 BCE.
Happy 6,029th birthday, Earth! You don’t look a day over 4.5 billion!
Happy 6,029th birthday, Earth! You don’t look a day over 4.5 billion!
October 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
In 1650 CE, the Bishop James Ussher released a chronology which added up the years in the biblical text to determine the age of the world. He determined that the Earth was created on October 23rd, 4004 BCE.
Happy 6,029th birthday, Earth! You don’t look a day over 4.5 billion!
Happy 6,029th birthday, Earth! You don’t look a day over 4.5 billion!