/lit/ - Literature

>>10165111
>>10165111
>Interesting, so in the 19th (!) century, the pope is praising the Egyptologist Jean-François Champollion for proving the Derenda Zodiac is younger than previously thought, thus not contradicting biblical chronology, and implies that, with 1800 years of darkness left before that the world was created in 4000 BC.

No, this is not what the quote says at all nor implies a comment about creationism. To say this is about creationism would say this would imply "generations" in a far larger scale than normally attributed. Adam being 930 upon death and Seth at like 913 or something. If generations are this long then the idea of the Dendera Zodiac being dated at an older date wouldn't be an issue and such a thing as dating an Anno Mundi to 4000BC wouldn't make sense.

The pope IS speaking about biblical primacy. Hence the image you use as evidence saying: "Champollion prudently restricted his historical discoveries to post-Hyksos dynasties, then dated to 2200BC, THUS ALLOWING BIBLICAL PRIMACY". The poster >>10165220 is correct.

Anno Mundi dating extend from the teachings of the Hebrews, which had very mixed reception in Europe.