The Ancient 360 Day Year: What It Was... How It ChangedAncient peoples of the world kept a calendar having 360 days in a year and 12 months of 30 days. So what happened? Why did it change? Scientists can provide no reasonable explanation of why they kept a different year than we keep now. The answer to one of the greatest mysteries of all time has been hidden in the Bible, waiting to be discovered. Only God can change the length of a year by 5 |
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Contents
Introduction | 11 |
Naked Eye Astronomy | 17 |
Orbital Characteristics of the Planets | 23 |
Conjunction of the Sun Moon and Earth | 29 |
Medes and Persians Breast and Arms of Silver | 35 |
The New Testament Calendar | 42 |
Divine Purpose behind the Change | 87 |
Appendix C Calculating the Time of Lunar Eclipses | 95 |
Appendix F Calculation of Universal Time | 101 |
Error Estimation | 109 |
Time Position and Velocity at the Time of Transfer in the 360Day Orbit | 122 |
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