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For an interesting read re: Ussher, etc., , see Stephen Jay Gould (the paleontologist, evolutionist, and whatever else!) in the NY Times, on the opinion page for today, Thursday, Oct 23. Grover Zinn On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, George FERZOCO wrote: > No, not the newsmagazine! According to James Ussher, Anglican Archbishop > of Armagh, in his *Annals of the Old Testament* (1650)... > > 'In the beginning God created the Heavens and Earth, which beginning of > time was in that night preceding the XXIII day of October ... in the > year 4004 before the first of our Era, commonly called Christian.' > > Let the REAL millenial feasts (and apocalypses?) begin! :-) > > George > > George Ferzoco tel ++ 44 (0)116 252 2654 > Director of Studies for Italian fax ++ 44 (0)116 252 3633 > University of Leicester e-mail [log in to unmask] > School of Modern Languages > LEICESTER LE1 7RH UNITED KINGDOM > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%