WHAT DO B.C. AND A.D. MEAN?
About B.C. and A.D.
B.C. stands for “before Christ” and A.D. stands for anno Domini, Latin for “in the year of
the Lord.” Both terms originated when scholars took the year in which they
though Jesus Christ was born as the basis for dating events. But if, as the
Gospel of Matthew indicates, Jesus was an infant when King Herod the Great of
Judea died, then he was born just before 4 B.C.
Some historians prefer C.E. and B.C.E. (“Common Era” and “before
the Common Era”). Dates in the two systems are identical, and B.C. and A.D. are
still widely used, including in this book.
Jericho, founded around 9000 B.C., is one of the world's oldest communities and its oldest known walled town.
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