![]() Many ancient Near Eastern records from Mesopotamia and from Egypt contain information about astronomical events, such as eclipses of the sun and the moon, that can be assigned with great precision to absolute dates. For example, today it is possible to correlate the dates of biblical events and people with other contemporary sources from the ancient Near East. In the last century much work has been done that has increased the precision of biblical chronology. So while it is possible to reconstruct relative chronology, there is no fixed point from which to calculate the dates in order to locate them precisely in the BC/AD system. Virtually all chronological information in the Bible is given in terms of relative dates-without a fixed reference point. ![]() ![]() But creating an accurate biblical chronology has always been problematic. Biblical chronology is useful to Book of Mormon readers to provide a frame of reference for these events and persons. ![]() Many biblical events and persons are mentioned in the Book of Mormon. Chronology of the Bible and the Book of Mormon Previous: A Brief History of the Translation of the Book of Mormon |īook Home | Next: Editions of the Book of MormonĬhronology of the Bible and the Book of Mormon ![]()
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