Bishop Usher's calculation

[Byzantine Magpie]

Folks

Can anyone point me to a site which explains how Bishop Usher calculated the year and date of creation, please?

I thought I read somewhere that it was based on a 6000 year period, divided into three x 2000 year groups: Creation to Abraham, Abraham to the birth of Jesus, and the birth of Jesus to the Second Coming.

I understand the popular belief is that he based it on all the "begats" in the book of Genesis.

But now I've read that it's based on some astronomical cycles.

Also, can anyone explain what "indictions" are, in the context of calendars, please?

Thanks

 

[Zep]

It was based on the "begats". And a lot of guesswork. And much brandy as well, it seems.

 

[triadboy]

I understand he spent his life calculating it - so it should be biblically accurate.

Then add in the crap about a god day being a thousand years and you have the 10,000 years you've heard about.

 

[UnrepentantSinner]

http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/ussher.htm

There are some who divide the Young Earth time line into 2000 years from Creation to Noah, 2000 years from Noah to Jesus, and 2000 years from Jesus to his return to rule for 1000 years making the entire Earth one big God Week (day is as a thousand years and all that)

 

[WildCat]

Then add in the crap about a god day being a thousand years and you have the 10,000 years you've heard about.

Wow! One day = 1,000 years, it must get awful hot on that planet god lives on. And very cold at night.

 

[triadboy]

Wow! One day = 1,000 years, it must get awful hot on that planet god lives on. And very cold at night.

Yeah, and in one of the Genesis creation storys, plants are created before the sun. So they are in the dark for 1000 years.