Nothaft, C. Philipp E. <br/><br/>
Dating the Passion  the Life of Jesus and the Emergence of Scientific Chronology (200-1600).  [electronic resource] : 

 - Leiden :  BRILL,  2011. 
 - 1 online resource (329 p.) 
<br/><br/>Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One From Astronomy to the Crucifixion and Back; Chapter Two The Origins of Computistical Chronography; Chapter Three The Crisis of Computistical Chronography in the Early Middle Ages; Chapter Four All Coherence Restored? The Age of the Critical Computists; Chapter Five New Foundations: Chronology and the Twelfth-Century Renaissance; Chapter Six A Science of Time: Roger Bacon and his Successors; Chapter Seven Time for Controversy: Catholic Chronologers and the Date of the Passion in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. Chapter Eight The Life of Jesus and the Emergence of Scientific ChronologyAppendix Prominent Attempts to Date Christ's Birth and Death (200-1600); Bibliography; Index of Biblical References; Index of Names. 
<br/><br/> Drawing on computistical and astronomical sources from late antiquity to the Renaissance, this book demonstrates how pre-modern Christian attempts to determine the principal dates of the life of Jesus played an essential role in the development of historical chronology. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789004217072 (electronic bk.) 900421707X (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Calendar--History.<br/>Chronology--Historiography.<br/>Chronology--History.<br/>History--Methodology.<br/>Astronomy.<br/>Science.<br/>History.<br/>Chronology--History.<br/>History--Methodology.<br/>Chronology--Historiography.<br/>Calendar--History.<br/>SCIENCE / Time
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>CE6 .N68 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>529