Year 1 in Jewish chronology is the creation of Adam and Eve which, according to tradition, took place 3,760 years before the birth of Jesus - the event used by Western civilization as Year 1. So, for instance, instead of saying that the Modern state of Israel was founded in 1948 AD., or that David was crowned king of ancient Israel in 1000 BC, the Jews say the former was in 1948 CE and the latter in 1000 BCE. (Before the Common Era) and AD (Anno Domini ‘the year of our Lord’) by CE. The Christian designation of BC (‘Before Christ’) is replaced with BCE. In Judaism mankind, not a god or an individual, is the center of destiny.įor practical purposes the Jews have adopted a common calendar with Western civilization. Jews began dating events not with a king or a divinity but with the creation of man. (from ‘The Amazing Adventures of the Jewish People’
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