anno mundiArticle Free Pass anno mundi, ( Latin: “in the year of
the world”) abbreviation Am, the year dating from the year of
creation in Jewish chronology, based on rabbinic calculations.
Since the 9th century ad, various dates between 3762 and 3758 bc
have been advanced by Jewish scholars as the time of creation,
but the exact date of Oct. 7, 3761 bc, is now generally accepted
in Judaism. However, critical dates that underlie the
calculations are uncertain. Rabbis used the genealogy in Genesis
to calculate the date of the creation and then added to their
calculations the time that had elapsed since the time of
Genesis. Despite the uncertainties, many Jews use this dating
system as a sign of attachment to tradition. What made you want
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