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Master Books commissioned this important literary work to be
updated from the 17th-century original Latin manuscript to modern English and
made available to the general public for the first time. In its pages can be
found the fascinating history of the ancient world from the Genesis creation
through the destruction of the Jerusalem temple.
In the years 1650-1654, James Ussher set out to write a history of the world from
creation to A.D. 70. The result was published in 1658 as the literary classic
The Annals of the World. This famous comprehensive history of the world,
originally published in Latin, offers a look at history rarely seen. Ussher
traveled throughout Europe, gathering much information from the actual
historical documents.
Many of these documents are no longer available, having
been destroyed since the time of his research. Using the Bible as his timeline, Ussher began with the death of Nebuchadnezzar as a reliable date and worked
backward through the genealogies of the Old Testament to arrive at the date of
creation - 4004 B.C. Integrating biblical history (around 15% of the text is
from the Bible) with secular (around 85% of the material is from non-biblical
sources), Ussher wrote this masterpiece. Considered not only a literary classic,
but also an accurate reference, The Annals of the World was highly regarded
for its preciseness that the timeline from it was included in the margins of
many King James Version Bibles throughout the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries,
calling to mind the fact that the earth is only around 6,000 years old. The fact
that Ussher’s chronology has been deleted from Bibles is evidence of the
Church’s backsliding into the deceptive ideas of evolution. The Annals of the
World is a necessary addition to any church library, pastor’s library, or any
library - public or personal.
The entire text has been updated from 17th-century
English to present-day vernacular in a five-year project commissioned by Master
Books. Containing many human-interest stories from the original historical
documents collected by Ussher, this is more than just a history book - it’s a
work of history.
- Important literary work that has been inaccessible in book form for over 300 years
- Translated into modern English for the first time
- Traces world history from creation through A.D. 70
- Over 10,000 footnotes from the original text have been updated to references from works in the Loeb Classical Library by Harvard Press
- Over 2,500 citations from the Bible and the Apocrypha
- Ussher’s original citations have been checked against the latest textual scholarship
- One of history’s most famous and well-respected historians
- Spent over five years researching and writing this book
- Entered college at age 13
- Received his master’s degree at age 18
- Was an expert in Semitic languages
- Buried in Westminster Abbey
- Fully indexed with numbered paragraphs in chronological order 8 appendixes
Revised
01/05/09
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James Ussher wrote this history of the ancient world in the 1600s. He
traveled throughout Europe examining original source documents. Written
in chronological order, Annals of the World covers history from Creation
to the Fall of Jerusalem. You could read this book cover to cover as an
ancient history course. Or you can use Annals of the World as a
reference book to supplement such a course.