Ancient History Timeline

Person

Abraham (Abram)

Also: Abram

Son of Terah; called by God from Ur and Haran; father of the faithful (Gen 11–25).

Sort year1996 BC
Tier 2 · CFAH-1 Table 1 (Ussher–Jones baseline)

Tier 2: CFAH-1 Table 1 (Ussher-Jones baseline): 1996 BC (Birth of Abraham) (no higher-tier year available).

Description

Father: Terah.

Scripture

Family

Children
Isaac

Scripture facts

Lifespan
175 years

Birth

birth of Abraham (Abram), CFAH first
ChronologyDate as statedYear (BC / AM)Citation & note
CFAH-1 Table 1 Ussher–Jones baseline 1996 BC (Birth of Abraham)
Precision: year
 1996 BC Griffith & White, "Chronological Framework of Ancient History. 1: Problem, Data, and Methodology," ARJ 15 (2022): 377–390, section "Our Assumptions (Declared Biases)", Table 1 "Biblically derived dates from Ussher and Jones"
CFAH-1 Table 1 (Ussher-Jones biblical baseline adopted by CFAH); not a triangulated anchor point.
Sets sort year
Ussher-Jones BC 1996 (2008 AM)
Precision: year
 1996 BC
AM 2008		 Jones, Chronology of the Old Testament (15th ed., 2002), p. 77 ("born BC 1996"); "Chronological Compendium", p. 1 (2008 AM)
Ussher 2008 AM, 1996 BC
Precision: year
 1996 BC
AM 2008		 Ussher, Annals of the World, Second Age §63 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription)
Jordan secondary Birth of Abram: Anno Mundi 2008; 1922 B.C. (SBC)
Precision: year
 1922 BC
AM 2008		 Jordan, "Egypt in Biblical History," Biblical Chronology 5:8 (December 1993), chart "Anno Mundi / B.C. (SBC) / B.C. (CCC)" at the start of the article
AM 2008 also in BC 2:6, 4:8 §2, 6:4 §8. B.C. year is Jordan's "SBC" (strictest Biblical chronology), which takes Daniel's 70 weeks literally from Cyrus (456 B.C. instead of the conventional 536 B.C.); not comparable one-to-one with Ussher/CFAH B.C. years.
Differs from sort year by 74 yrs
Jordan (compilation) secondary 2008 AM ... Abram born
Precision: year
 AM 2008 Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (unnamed compiler; a compilation of James B. Jordan's system), p. 2, chart "Genesis 11:10 – 12 Genealogy"
Agrees with Jordan's own published AM 2008.
MT-Gen AM 1948 (Terah 70) or AM 2008 (Terah 130)
Precision: conjectural
 AM 1948 Gen 11:24–26 vs Gen 11:32 + 12:4
See abraham-birth.

Disagreements & open questions

  • Chronologies disagree BC years differ: 1996 BC (CFAH-1 Table 1, Ussher-Jones, Ussher); 1922 BC (Jordan).
  • Chronologies disagree Anno Mundi figures differ: AM 1948 (MT-Gen); AM 2008 (Ussher-Jones, Ussher, Jordan, Jordan (compilation)).

Flags are generated from the figures stored in the data. The master timeline still sorts by the CFAH-weighted sort year.

Death

death of Abraham (Abram), CFAH first
ChronologyDate as statedYear (BC / AM)Citation & note
CFAH Not yet established — —
pending CFAH reference
Ussher-Jones Not yet established — —
Not stated in the Jones sources read (Chart No. 1; Chronology of the Old Testament 15th ed. 2002, Chronological Compendium p. 1). Leave empty until verified.
Ussher 2183 AM, 1821 BC (aged 175)
Precision: year
 1821 BC
AM 2183		 Ussher, Annals of the World, Third Age §101 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription)
Jordan secondary "Abraham died at the age of 175 (Gen. 25:7), in 2183"
Precision: year
 AM 2183 Jordan, "The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 3)," Biblical Chronology 6:5 (May 1994), §10 "The Chronological Structure of Abraham's Life"
Jordan (compilation) secondary 2183 AM Abraham dies @ 175 years old (Gen.25:7)
Precision: year
 AM 2183 Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (unnamed compiler; a compilation of James B. Jordan's system), p. 3, chart "Genesis 12 – 25 Chronology of Abraham’s Life"
Agrees with Jordan's own published AM 2183.

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