Jasher 3:14. And it was in the fifty-sixth year of the life of Lamech when Adam died; nine hundred and thirty years old was he at his death, and his two sons, with Enoch and Methuselah his son, buried him with great pomp, as at the burial of kings, in the cave which God had told him.
15. And in that place all the sons of men made a great mourning and weeping on account of Adam; it has therefore become a custom among the sons of men to this day.
16. And Adam died because he ate of the tree of knowledge; he and his children after him, as the Lord God had spoken.------
John Pratt's calendar calculations:
Religious Chronology Summary
by John P. Pratt
Dates of religious events on our modern (Gregorian) calendar, as well as on seven of the holy calendars currently known: Sacred Round, Venus, Mercury, Perpetual Hebrew, Enoch, Enoch Fixed, and Priest. If the timing is known to quarter-day accuracy, then it is indicated as follows: "am*" means midnight to 6 am, "am" means 6 am to noon, "pm" means noon to 6 pm, and "pm*" means 6 pm to midnight. (The star * means when the "stars" are shining.) Minor holy days are in italics, major holy days are also in bold. Days with additional significance are underlined also, such as when someone is born on the day which symbolizes birth. References refer to my article numbers as described in "Numbered Chronology Articles <../article_nums.html>." The ~ sign under "Remarks" means "on the same day as," the calendars being abbreviated in parentheses.
Event Gregorian S. Round Venus Merc. Heb. Enoch E.F. Priest J. Day Refs. Remarks
Adam b. Sat 17 Oct 4070 BC pm 1 Eagle 1 Bir 1 Bir 15 Tis 21 Aut 28 Aut 1 Jeh 235,177.2 28.4.1 <meridian/2003/mortal.html> 1 Bir (U)
New Era Sun 26 Mar 4001 BC am 13 Reed 0 Lrd 0 Cre 1 Nis 1 Spr 1 Sum 1 Jez 260,174.8 28.5 <meridian/2003/mortal.html> 1 NIS (H)
Mortality Sun 9 Apr 4001 BC am 1 Deer 1 Cre 1 Qui 15 Nis 15 Spr 15 Sum 1 Gam 260,188.8 28.5 <meridian/2003/mortal.html>, 44.2.4 <meridian/2005/tsunami.html> 21 SPR (JF)
Adam d. Tue 26 Sep 3071 BC 13 Grass 0 Cre 0 Cre 22 Tis 10 Aut 6 LWi 4 Pet 600,034 28.4.2 <meridian/2003/mortal.html> Mortal: Exact (V).
R\Genesis 4:2-8
O\Herder, nomad.
Keeper of Sheep.
M\Murdered by his elder brother, Cain.
Jasher 1:25, And Cain hastened and rose up and took the iron part of his ploughing instrument, with which he suddenly smote his brother and he slew him.
Genesis 11:27-25:7; Abraham's dates, Jas. 7:51 (Gen. 11:26), (also Jas. 10:1, 11:12, 13:99 16:22), Gen. 25:7 Originally name Abram, he adopted the name Abraham ("father
of a multitude") later. He moved to Haran with his father.
In 2245 H.C. he departed from Haran with his nephew, Lot,
into the land of Canaan and on to Egypt to avoid the famine
prevalent in Canaan at the time. Later, returning from
Egypt to settle in Canaan, he and Lot separated. Lot was
captured during the war of the kings, and Abram rescued
him. In 2265 H.C., he adopted the name Abraham and accepted
the covenant of circumcision.Bible Dictionary Chronology Table (birth 1996 BC)
Matt 1:16, Luke 3:23;
Joseph was the step father of Jesus; God was the father of Jesus.
St Luke 3:23-- Joseph was the son (in-law) of Heli.BIOGRAPHY:
There was a man whose name was Joseph, sprung from a family of Bethlehem, a town of Judah, and the city of King David. This same man, being well furnished with wisdom and learning, was made a priest in the temple of the Lord. He was, besides. skilful in his trade, which was that of a carpenter; and after the manner of all men, he married a wife. Moreover, he begot for himself sons and daughters, four sons, namely, and two daughters. Now these are their names-Judas, Justus, James, and Simon. The names of the two daughters were Assia and Lydia. At length the wife of righteous Joseph, a woman intent on the divine glory in all her works, departed this life. But Joseph, that righteous man, went away with his sons to his trade, practising the art of a carpenter. Now when righteous Joseph became a widower, Mary, blessed, holy, and pure, was already twelve years old. For her parents offered her in the temple when she was three years of age, and she remained in the temple of the Lord nine years. Then when the priests saw that the virgin, holy and God-fearing, was growing up, they spoke to each other, saying: Let us search out a man, righteous and pious, to whom Mary may be entrusted until the time of her marriage; lest, if she remain in the temple, it happen to her as is wont to happen to women, and lest on that account we sin, and God be angry with us. Therefore they immediately sent out, and assembled twelve old men of the tribe of Judah. And they wrote down the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. And the lot fell upon the pious old man, righteous Joseph. Then the priests answered, and said to my blessed mother: Go with Joseph, and be with him till the time of your marriage. Righteous Joseph therefore received my mother, and led her away to his own house. And Mary found James the Less in his father's house, broken-hearted and sad on account of the loss of his mother, and she brought him up. Hence Mary was called the mother of James. Thereafter Joseph left her at home, and went away to the shop where he wrought at his trade of a carpenter. And after the holy virgin had spent two years in his house her age was exactly fourteen years, including the time at which he received her. (Hist.of Jos. the Carpenter).The husband of Mary, Joseph plays an important role in the two Gospel narratives (Matthew and Luke) of the birth of Jesus. He is not named in Mark, and John mentions him only in references to Jesus as "the son of Joseph" meaning adopted son (Jn. 1:45, 6:42). At the age of 12, according to Luke, Jesus made a Passover visit to Jerusalem with his parents: this is Joseph's last appearance in the New Testament. Since Joseph was not involved in Jesus' ministry, many assume that he died before then. Why was Joseph not at the cross with his wife Mary?
"His whole life was one hundred and eleven years, and his departure from this world happened on the twenty-sixth of the month Abib" (Hist.of Jos. the Carpenter).
Both Matthew and Luke emphasize that Joseph was of the house of David, and through him Jesus also was counted as David's descendant. At the same time, both Gospels state that Mary and Joseph were betrothed but not vet married when "before they came together she was found to be with child." But Joseph was a just man" (Mark 1:18, 19) and, though he did not understand what had happened to Mary, he had no desire to bring charges of adultery against her. Since betrothal was as legally, binding as marriage, he decided to divorce Mary quietly. At this point, however, Joseph had the first of a series of remarkable dreams that guided him through the dramatic events surrounding Jesus' birth.
In the first dream, an angel (Gabriel) revealed that Mary's future son was "of the Holy Spirit...and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins" (Mark 1:20, 21). The second dream came perhaps two years later, after Jesus was born and wise men traveling from the East had come unexpectedly to his parents' home in Bethlehem. When they departed, an angel warned Joseph in a dream that King Herod the Great would try to kill the child. As instructed, Joseph took his family to Egypt accompanied with Salome, until an angel in a third dream told him that it was safe to return because King Herod had died. In a fourth dream, he was warned not to return to Bethlehem, where Herod's son and successor Herod Archelaus still posed a danger, but to withdraw to Galilee. Luke does not mention these dreams, but his Gospel recounts that the need to register for taxation in "the city of David" (Lk. 2:4) brought Joseph and Mary from Nazareth to Bethlehem in the first place.
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Gospel of the Birth of Mary (Chapters 5 to 8): Mary served in the temple of the Lord until she arrived at her 14th birthday. The High Priest then made a public order to have her "the virgin of the Lord" betrothed according to the prophecy of Isaiah to an unmarried man out of the house and family of David. Joseph, a man "very far advanced in years" of the house of David was selected. At that time when Mary returned home to Galilee, the angel Gabriel announced to Mary that she would bare the son of God, conceived not in the ordinary way but by the power of God without any of the heat of Lust, still a virgin. In the 3rd month of her betrothal she was now showing signs of being pregnant. Therefore, Mary gave birth to Jesus while she was still age 14 at Passover (Nisan 0001 B.C.), hence, her birth year calculates to 0015 B.C.
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Mary "the Virgin" and "Our Lady"
St Luke 3:23-- Joseph was the son (in-law) of Heli, meaning Mary was the daughter of Heli--the brother of Joseph of Arimathea.
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Gospel of the Birth of Mary:
Mary, sprung from the royal race and family of David, was born in the city of Nazareth, and educated at Jerusalem, in the temple of the Lord. Her father was Joachim, and her mother's Anna. Their lives were plain and right in the sight of the Lord, pious and faultless before men. They lived for about 20 years without any children. Issachar was the high-priest then. An angel appeared to Joachim and announced that Anna would bare a daughter (like Sarah and Rachel) in her old age. Her name shall be called Mary. She shall, according to your vow, be devoted to the Lord from her infancy, and be filled with the Holy Ghost from her mother's womb. She shall neither eat nor drink anything which is unclean. She will serve in the temple of the Lord after age 3 till her maturity (age 14). So in the process of her years, as she shall be in a miraculous manner born of one that was barren, so she shall, while yet a virgin, in a way unparalleled, bring forth the Son of the most High God, who shall be called Jesus the Savior of all nations. The angel then appeared to Anna.
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Mary left temple service at the age of 14 and was betrothed to Joseph. Therefore, Mary was between the age of late 14-early 15 when she gave birth to Jesus (Nisan 1 B.C.). Mary had "vowed virginity to the Lord, which vow she was resolved never to break through by lying with a man". A voice from the Ark of the Covenant told the High Priest that it must be inquired or sought out by a prophecy of Isaiah to whom the Virgin should be given and be betrothed". Mary was then betrothed to Joseph out of the house of David.
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Question: If Mary vowed never to have sexual intercourse, then were the brothers and sisters of Jesus Christ really other children of Joseph by a 2nd wife?----------------------
From the Catholic Encyclopedia:
Her parents
Though few commentators <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04157a.htm> adhere to this view of St. Luke's <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09420a.htm> genealogy <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06410a.htm>, the name of Mary's father, Heli <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07204b.htm>, agrees with the name given to Our Lady's father in a tradition <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15006b.htm> founded upon the report of the Protoevangelium of James, an apocryphal <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01601a.htm> Gospel which dates from the end of the second century. According to this document the parents <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11478c.htm> of Mary are Joachim <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08406b.htm> and Anna <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01538a.htm>. Now, the name Joachim is only a variation of Heli or Eliachim, substituting one Divine name (Yahweh <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08329a.htm>) for the other (Eli, Elohim <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05393a.htm>). The tradition <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15006b.htm> as to the parents <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11478c.htm> of Mary, found in the Gospel of James, is reproduced by St. John Damascene <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08459b.htm> [24], St. Gregory of Nyssa <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07016a.htm> [25], St. Germanus of Constantinople <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06484a.htm> [26], pseudo-Epiphanius [27], pseudo-Hilarius [28], and St. Fulbert of Chartres <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06312a.htm> [29]. Some of these writers add that the birth of Mary was obtained by the fervent prayers <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12345b.htm> of Joachim <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08406b.htm> and Anna <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01538a.htm> in their advanced age. As Joachim <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08406b.htm> belonged to the royal family <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05782a.htm> of David <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04642b.htm>, so Anna <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01538a.htm> is supposed to have been a descendant of the priestly <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12406a.htm> family <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05782a.htm> of Aaron <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01003a.htm>; thus Christ <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08374c.htm> the Eternal King and Priest <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12406a.htm> sprang from both a royal and priestly <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12406a.htm> family <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05782a.htm> [30].
The hometown of Mary's parents
According to Luke 1:26, Mary lived in Nazareth <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10725a.htm>, a city in Galilee <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06341c.htm>, at the time of the Annunciation <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01541c.htm>. A certain tradition <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15006b.htm> maintains that she was conceived <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07674d.htm> and born in the same house in which the Word <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09328a.htm> became flesh <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07706b.htm> [31]. Another tradition <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15006b.htm> based on the Gospel of James regards Sephoris <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04798b.htm> as the earliest home of Joachim <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08406b.htm> and Anna <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01538a.htm>, though they are said to have lived later on in Jerusalem <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08344a.htm>, in a house called by St. Sophronius of Jerusalem [32] Probatica. Probatica, a name probably derived from the sanctuary's nearness to the pond called Probatica or Bethsaida <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02536a.htm> in John 5:2. It was here that Mary was born. About a century later, about A.D. 750, St. John Damascene <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08459b.htm> [33] repeats the statement that Mary was born in the Probatica.
It is said that, as early as in the fifth century the empress Eudoxia built a church over the place where Mary was born, and where her parents <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11478c.htm> lived in their old age. The present Church of St. Anna stands at a distance of only about 100 Feet from the pool Probatica. In 1889, 18 March, was discovered the crypt <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04558a.htm> which encloses the supposed burying-place <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14773b.htm> of St. Anna <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01538a.htm>. Probably this place was originally a garden in which both Joachim <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08406b.htm> and Anna <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01538a.htm> were laid to rest. At their time it was still outside of the city walls, about 400 feet north of the Temple <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14499a.htm>. Another crypt <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04558a.htm> near St. Anna's <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01538a.htm> tomb is the supposed birthplace of the Blessed Virgin; hence it is that in early times the church was called St. Mary of the Nativity [34]. In the Cedron Valley <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03475c.htm>, near the road leading to the Church of the Assumption, is a little sanctuary containing two altars <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01362a.htm> which are said to stand over the burying-places <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14773b.htm> of Sts. Joachim <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08406b.htm> and Anna <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01538a.htm>; but these graves <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14773b.htm> belong to the time of the Crusades <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04543c.htm> [35]. In Sephoris <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04798b.htm> too the Crusaders <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04543c.htm> replaced by a large church an ancient sanctuary which stood over the legendary house of Sts. Joachim <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08406b.htm> and Anna <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01538a.htm>. After 1788 part of this church was restored by the Franciscan Fathers <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06217a.htm>.