10-14-2011, 02:24 AM
Agreed. Everytime I get to '68 CE' I have to stop, remind myself what CE is equivalent to, then continue.
If other religious writers want to use their own dating systems in their papers or books, then good luck to them. I don't mind. I could easily read a Jewish historian's book about Roman events in the Middle East which used the Jewish calender.
But twisting BC/AD to something no different, just 'politically correct' seems paltry and simple-minded.
If other religious writers want to use their own dating systems in their papers or books, then good luck to them. I don't mind. I could easily read a Jewish historian's book about Roman events in the Middle East which used the Jewish calender.
But twisting BC/AD to something no different, just 'politically correct' seems paltry and simple-minded.
Paul Elliott
Legions in Crisis
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/17815...d_i=468294
Charting the Third Century military crisis - with a focus on the change in weapons and tactics.
Legions in Crisis
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/17815...d_i=468294
Charting the Third Century military crisis - with a focus on the change in weapons and tactics.
