A new analysis of chronology

engraved on the Arundelian or Parian marbles, including a discovery of two different methods of calculation used in them. It also provides a defense of the excellent Canon that is incorrectly thought to have been originally created by Ptolemy.

To this technical material, it was necessary to add a Geographical Apparatus. This is intended to correct the imperfections or inaccuracies in the explanations of Sacred Geography provided by Wells, Cellarius, Reland, and others on several important points. These include the global nature and course of the Deluge; the Israelites' crossing of the Red Sea; and their stations or camps in the deserts of Arabia Petraea from the time they left Egypt until they arrived in the land of Canaan (following Bishop Clayton’s map and explanation). It also includes a more accurate map of the city of Jerusalem and its surroundings, along with various miscellaneous remarks on important subjects. These remarks were originally placed in the main text but have now been separated so as not to distract the reader from the main argument.

Sacred Chronology—which is the first and most important branch and serves as the standard for adjusting all the others—is divided into distinct time periods from the Creation of the World to the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus. For each period, a general historical outline is given. At the end, there is a detailed account of the major chronological prophecies regarding the descent and arrivals of CHRIST. These begin with the original promise given to our first parents and were later revealed more specifically to succeeding prophets, including Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Balaam, Nathan, David, Solomon, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel, until their final and fullest revelation by OUR LORD and his Apostles. Indeed, to sketch the outline of

the grand prophetic period of 2300 days foretold by the Prophet Daniel—which encompasses the fate of the Jewish Church (and perhaps the Christian Church as well) from Nehemiah’s reformation of the Jewish government to its final restoration at the end of the desolation, as suggested in several other unfulfilled prophecies—was the author's primary motive for dedicating so much of his time and attention to these studies.

Regarding Profane Chronology, the Assyrian history first demands attention because of its great antiquity and early connection with Holy Scripture. In this section, the author acknowledges his debt to the work of the learned Mr. Jackson for the insightful distinction between the first and second Belus. The first Belus seems to have been the Nimrod of Scripture and the Ninus of the Greeks who founded the Assyrian Empire. The second Belus is distinguished from the second Ninus mentioned by Ctesias and Justin as the re-founder of the Assyrian monarchy. He is also indebted to Doctor Gillies for his recent History of the World, from Alexander to Augustus. Gillies provided a sensible correction to the accepted Assyrian chronology by reducing the number of kings from Ninus II to Sardanapalus, and shortening the length of their reigns to nearly half the amount found in the exaggerated list by Ctesias. This reduction is supported by the more reliable authorities of Herodotus, Diodorus Siculus, and Dionysius of Halicarnassus, and is more consistent with SCRIPTURE. The Scriptural dynasty of Assyrian kings is explained and aligned with the Babylonian kings using Ptolemy’s Canon. Meanwhile, the author exposes the error of a "double capture" of Nineveh, an idea clumsily adopted from Ctesias by modern chronologists like Petavius and Usher.

The Chaldean or Babylonian chronology, which follows the Assyrian in time, is corrected here through a careful comparison