Advanced Timeline back to Scripture.

Matt Leonard

Hey,

Is there a way of finding out what the Advanced Timeline is actually referencing.

For instance '1446 BC God calls Moses'.

Its pretty easy to guess this is referring to Exodus 3 and the burning bush.

But on less obvious entries, is there a may to click on the timeline entry and be taken to the verse its referring to?

Many thanks,

Matt

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MJ. Smith

In theory, the Factbook would carry this information; however, this appears to be a portion of Factbook that is still skeletal. Clicking on the event often provides a link to the resource providing the date which sometimes provides a reference. I fear that only entries that are also present in the Biblical Event Navigator are guaranteed to have a Bible reference - in that tool as least.

xnman

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1252040#Comment_1252040

In theory, the Factbook would carry this information; however, this appears to be a portion of Factbook that is still skeletal. Clicking on the event often provides a link to the resource providing the date which sometimes provides a reference. I fear that only entries that are also present in the Biblical Event Navigator are guaranteed to have a Bible reference - in that tool as least.

Aaa Ha! We agree on Factbook.... it is very, very skeletal!! I think Factbook would be very useful... just needs a lot of the skeleton parts filled in.

imho ... [8-|]

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1252040#Comment_1252040

. I fear that only entries that are also present in the Biblical Event Navigator are guaranteed to have a Bible reference - in that tool as least.

The what? I highlighted 'Biblical Event Navigator' and ran a worldwide web search ... all 4 corners of the cosmos (interestingly the earth can have 4 corners but not today's cosmos).

Apparently it was introduced in 2014. So I checked my Verbum and sure enough, it's in there. I know I'm being trenchantly snippy but I tried hard to think what is this for? It's quite limited ... doesn't have the Bible events you expect or might want to display in Bible class. There was a good comment, and Joe answered it .. it's being updated continually. Really.

Jonathan Rhein

2/3/2022

I really like the idea of this resource! I wish however it was a little more detailed. The Assyrian exile e.g. starts with "Assyria conquers Samaria" referencing 2Ki 17:4-6. There is however already mention of first deportations to Assyria in 2Ki 15:29 / 1Chr 5:6.26. Will this ever be updated in the future?

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1252077#Comment_1252077

To continue ...

I think I can see some of the problem (ignoring there's no dates). At least on the Mac Ventura latest, Verbum latest, the TOC doesn't work after a search (none of the little arrows work). But I'm just guessing, the TOC levels don't work either ... the Babylon captivity precedes the actual captivity. Manasseh repenting is an interesting choice (per the prophets, the whole cause of the promise being taken back, if familiar with the textual problem). Ok, snippy done.

Well, almost. Apparently in a search the non-functioning arrows are included! What a great design! Which explains the strange sequences.

MJ. Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1252077#Comment_1252077

I wish however it was a little more detailed

As do I

Will this ever be updated in the future?

I would hope so but these are the Biblical events of the Bible knowledgebase so it likely is not a simple update.

Kathleen Marie

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1252040#Comment_1252040

Clicking on the event often provides a link to the resource providing the date which sometimes provides a reference.

Bible dating is so tricky.

When I use several references that each provide some dates, but not all dates, I end out with dates that are impossible to combine.

Authors like to include the dates that back up what they want to prove and leave out the ones that don't support their theses or worldview. If you actually want a complete timeline that makes sense as a whole, parts of it will contradict the "latest" and "best" research. All the "latest" and "best" research cannot be combined into a complete timeline. The newest attempts at more complete timelines seem to be using the Septuagint genealogies that differ from the Majority genealogies to provide dates that do not contradict the "latest" and "best" dates applied to other areas of the Bible.

Bible dating is quite controversial. I did not know that different manuscripts listed different spans of years between events, until I started studying chronology.