Biblical event context interactive

MJ. Smith · March 20

A rough mockup:

Before creation
Start	End	Cultural eras	Cavins, Gray, and Chrismyer historical eras	Augustine of Hippo: 6 ages	Law era	Dispensation	Covenant	Worship	Scripture (Cavins, Gray, and Chrismyer)
13.787 billion years ago	2,458 BC			First age: Adam to Noah
13.787 billion years ago	2,000 BC		Early world						Genesis 1-11
4.54 billion years ago	Eschatological	Old earth
10,000-4004 BC	Eschatological	Young earth
2,000,000 BC	12,000BC	Paleolithic (Old stone age)
12,000 BC	10,000 BC	Mesolithic (Middle stone age)
10,000 BC	5,000	Neolithic (New stone age)
4,114 BC	1,446 BC				Patriarchal
4,114 BC	4,005 BC					Dispensation of innocence	Edenic covenant
4,005 BC	2,458 BC					Dispensation of conscience	Adamic covenant
3,300 BC	1,200 BC	Bronze age				Dispensation of conscience	Adamic covenant
2,458 BC	2,091 BC			Second age: Noah to Abraham		Dispensation o human government	Noahic (Noahide) covenant
2,091 BC	1,446 BC			Second age: Noah to Abraham		Dispensation of promise	Abrahamic covenant
2,091 BC	1,010 BC			Third age: Abraham to David
2,000 BC	1,700 BC		Patriarchs						Genesis 12-50
2, 000 BC	1,000 BC		Patriarchs					Stone altar worship	Genesis 12-50
1,700 BC	1,280 BC		Egypt and Exodus						Exodus
1,446 BC	30 AD				Mosaic	Dispensation of law
1,446 BC	1010 BC						Mosaic covenant
1,446 BC	1000 BC							Tabernacle worship
1,280 BC	1,240 BC		Desert wanderings						Numbers
1240 BC	1,050		Conquest and Judges						Joshua, Judges, 1 Samuel 1-8
1,200 BC	539 BC	Iron age	Conquest and Judges						Joshua, Judges, 1 Samuel 1-8
1050 BC	930 BC		Royal kingdom						1 Samuel 9-30, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1-11
1010 BC	600 BC						Davidic covenant
1010 BC	586 BC			Fourth age: David to Babylonian captivity
950 BC	586 BC							Solomon’s temple
930 BC	722 BC		Divided kingdom						1 Kings 12-22; 2 Kings 12-25
722 BC	540 BC		Exile						2 Kings 17, 25
600 BC	30 AD						Jeremiah’s covenant
586 BC	4 BC			Fifth age: Babylonian captivity to Jesus Christ
539 BC	330 BC	Classical antiquity: Achaemenid
538 BC	167 BC		Return						Ezra, Nehemiah
516 BC	70 AD							Second temple
330 BC	31 BC	Classical antiquity: Hellenistic and Parthian
167 BC	0	Classical antiquity: Hellenistic and Parthian	Maccabean revolt						1 Maccabees
31 BC	634 BC	Classical antiquity: Roman and Persian
4 BC	Eschatological			Sixth age: Jesus Christ to second coming
0	33 AD		Messianic fulfillment						Luke
30 AD	Eschatological		Church		Christian	Dispensation of grace	New covenant		Luke
33 AD	Eschatological								Acts of the Apostles
70 AD	Eschatological							Rabbinic Judaism	Acts of the Apostles
Eschatological time: 1. Christ’s return → 2. Final judgment → 3. Eternal state

First two columns are dates which should be scaled for time. There should be a choice for old earth or young earth perspective. Discrepancies in dates should be normalized to either all early or all late dates.
Column 3 of cultural eras could be expanded e.g. Egyptian culture, farming development etc. but I am comfortable with it as it is for a minimums.
Column 4 should offer a choice of the historical eras described in Logos/Verbum resources - I've found six; I chose the scheme I was most familiar with.
Column 5 should offer a choice of the historical eras as described by the early Christian authors - I chose Augustine of Hippo as a widely known example.
Column 6 shows the Law - I've not run into alternative divisions
Column 7 should offer a choice of the primary lists of dispensations - I chose one at random
Column 8 should offer a choice of the primary lists of covenants - I chose the one I was most familiar with
Column 9 maps the events to the place of corporate worship at the time of the events
Column 10 offers scripture that covers the divisions provided by a particular column; I chose column 4 as it provides Biblical references specific to its divisions.
The columns should have bibliographic links where appropriate i.e. when not based on "common knowledge"
For each column, there is no need to require a choice - simply omit if no choice was made.
For each column, there is no need to require a single choice - showing multiple choices allows for the comparison of different frameworks.

For the initial no date section, I know of no common divisions. For the final no date section i.e. eschatological time there are a number of Jewish and Christian options for the user to choose among.

This chart allows on to draw a line across it to represent the event being narrated or for poetic passages, the time written, or for prophecy the time spoken and fulfilled. This saves significant time tracking down the context of the text as well as ensuring "all" critical components are considered. Others may know of additional columns that would be helpful.

NichtnurBibelleser · March 20

Nice! And it could be really a time-saver. But what exactly should I vote on?

NichtnurBibelleser · March 20

I found this timeline very instructive, but I don't remember its origin. So I don't know if it is in Logos or not. Therefore, I don't post the entire file, but only the left part of it. Notice the presence of other ancient reigns/cultures and the more granular subdivision of the Early Bronze Age and Intermediate Bronze Age at the very top and bottom (with yellow markers):

I don't know if that is what you are looking for, @MJ. Smith

MJ. Smith · March 20

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1363440#Comment_1363440

It is a single request for a multiple column timeline with the content of those columns selectable. My example is simply tht, an example of columns I could chose in a very basic presentation. One is voting for the concept letting Logos determine what the implementation that fits best into the application is.

Biblical event context interactive

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