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Timechart of Biblical History (Timechart series)

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This is not a book so much as it is a fold-out timeline. It is rather impressive in many respects, both its size and the production quality, which is very high (fold-out books need to have stronger material to stand up to the wear-and-tear of time). This can be a useful guide for children who need to have a sense of history at the broad strokes.

Of course, the further back in time one goes, the more controversial the particular dating becomes. This timeline follows a more traditional pattern of the creation being approximately 4000 years before Christ/Common Era - a dating system that can be seen in many King James Version bibles and others that was codified by Bishop Usher (1581-1656), who set the creation in 4004 B.C. by essentially counting backward.

The times of the Egyptians, Hittites, Babylonians, and others is a matter of constant revision with increasing archaeological and historical research, but in broad terms, the eras are fairly well known, and they correspond to these panels in most cases. The closer to the New Testament times, the more settled historical research tends to be, and hence these panels tend to be more accurate from a dating standpoint.

The text underneath the timelines also draws in Biblical and extra-Biblical material to highlight events. There are also pictures and graphics of key figures and events.

The timelines themselves take different courses, for different persons and peoples. This is a very good way to introduce visual learners to the way historical events overlap.

Overall, this timeline should not be taken as 'gospel', but rather a good-faith attempt to correlate the biblical text in a traditional interpretation with the major strokes of history known today.

Those of you who are fans of any kind of timeline historical charts will enjoy this large-format (a bit bigger than 12 x 17) foldout slick cardboard timeline. 9 of the panels lead horizontally from (yup, you guessed it) Adam & Eve to Nero, circ. 90 AD. Arranged vertically on each panel are continuing color-coded tracks of dynasties and biblical family lineages. A must if you are doing the cover-to-cover thing of the Bible and are struggling thru the drier parts. Other panels provide the usual bible-era maps. Reverse of the timeline provides lists of battles, prophets, etc. too numerous to mention. I love this book myself, but it would be great for any 8-11 year-old with nothing to do on a rainy day.

The time-chart is an impressive collection of works by different illustrators and seems to have been coordinated by a single author. The date coordination appears to match the instances in the bible and fills in other areas where the bible is silent with informed estimates of the approximate date(s).

Some of the text within the timeline contains grammatical errors which can be distracting. Also, some of the text runs through the folds within the chart resulting in cut-offs and duplication of letters due to the off-set text.

Other than those snippets, the publication is both creative and very helpful when trying to understand the series of events in both a biblical sense and other events happening at the same time throughout the world. Recommend purchasing for anyone interested in history, summary of key events described in the bible, or just a general curiosity of Christian beliefs

Dear friends,

We picked this book up off of TotalCampus website for $12.

Now after seeing it in person, I would have paid FULL PRICE!

It is a truly amazing, very detailed book that anyone can understand from 9 years old and up.

EXCELLENT for homeschool.

Wish I could put into words how incredible - not dry!!!- this book is.
Folds out and then back into book. No more timelines down your hallway!

A+!!! Would like more books like this made of other histories.

Get it, you won't be sorry.

For a person wanting to understand the continuous nature of the Bible, and to see how the events of the world unfolded and intersected the biblical events, this is an excellent source. The illustrated timelines and the incapsulated history lessons help bring the Bible to life. The book is one continuous page (front and back) and you will find yourself unfolding it on the kitchen table and studying it beyond the immediate question that caused you to open it.

This book has been a great help in the Bible Study that I am involved with. Having it adds a great deal of perspective and depth to what we learn from the Bible, plus it increases our familiarity with other books as we cross reference and re-reference various events, times and quotes in the Scripture.

A friend of mine bought this Bible timeline in a bookstore and I loved it. I purchased it through Amazon for less, but received the same item and I am very pleased. Whether you are a Bible scholar, or just curious about the history of the Bible this book is excellent. It is very detailed, colorful and educational.

If you are interested in bible choronology you must buy this fantastic book!,it draws from the work of archbishop Ushers dateline of history from creation in year 2004 bc through to Christ and is the bible at a glance, its posible to pinpoint any king in the Bible and is valuble to see the world empires rises and falls.The book allso has some wonderfull old style illistrations by william Hole

This book was very informative and descriptive, but much of the print was so tiny that it was difficult to read. There were a few spelling errors, too, which was a little distracting. I definitely would have enjoyed this item much more if the print was larger.

This fascinaing book is chock-full of information. The timelines make the people of the Bible fall into place, and make it much easier to relate them to each other and to world history.