Title: Talmudic and rabbinical chronology: the systems of counting years in Jewish literature.
Authors: Frank, Edgar.
Publisher: P. Feldheim,
Year: 1956
Subjects: Jewish chronology.; Sabbatical year (Judaism); Jewish chronology.
Contents: Introduction -- The Seder olam rabba and zutta -- The year of the second destruction according to the Talmud -- The various methods of counting the years of creation -- Seder olam and Talmud place the second destruction in 70 C.E. -- Maimonides' chronology compared with that of Abraham bar Hiyyah -- Additional methods of counting the years of creation -- The Seleucian era -- Eras mentioned in the Talmud -- The embolic cycle -- The Tekufoth, the exodus from Egypt, the revelation, some additional discussions -- Maimonides' chrnology in detail -- Shmittoth, conclusion -- Summary.