E.T. abbreviation?

Question

I am reading through endnotes in a thesis & I often find (E.T.)
eg
1. Hans von Campenhausen’s The Virgin Birth in the Theology of the Ancient Church, London : S.C.M. Press ( E.T.) 1964.
2. O. Wyan, London : Lutterworth ( E.T.) 1934.
Please, what does E.T. mean here. It is not Extra Terrestrial!

Thank you Nathan
But I do non think Ephemerise Time is ment here. There are other publication dates in the footnotes which do not have E.T.

Thank you Dave and Michael,

Michael, perhaps you are onto something.

As an example, I am using chapter 4 of a thesis entitled, "The Incarnation and the state of the human embryo".

There are 126 footnotes. Five of these have the abbreviation E.T. here they are:
3. Hans von Campenhausen’s The Virgin Birth in the Theology of the Ancient Church, London : S.C.M. Press ( E.T.) 1964.

6. E. Brunner, … Mediator. Trans. O. Wyan, London : Lutterworth ( E.T.) 1934.

38. W. Pannenberg, … The Apostle’s Creed - in the Light of Today’s Questions, London : S.C.M. Press ( E.T.),

43. H. Thielicke, The Evangelical Faith Vol. II, Edinburgh : T. & T. Clark ( E.T.) 1977, 407.

74. Hendrikus Berkhof, Christ, The meaning of History, London : S.C.M. Press, ( E.T.) 1966.

Okay, these are probably English translations but there are several other works cited in the footnotes which are also translations into English.

Does anyone have another suggestion?

Answer 1

Of course, it would mean the English Translations of these works. Although, it would be cool, if it meant that these books came from space.

Maybe in those other citations, the author was working from the original, untranslated texts

Answer 2

They're making reference to Ephemerise Time...

Ephemerise time is a highly accurate astronomical system for the measurement of time based on the period of Earth's orbit, but in practice relying on lunar observations and an accurate lunar ephemeris.

This is an alternative to using B.C - before Christ / A.D.- Anno Domini


Hope this helps!

Cheers

Answer 3

I have searched for this every place I can think of to look, but nope.

I can't recall ever seeing it. I've seen et al, meaning and others, but not et or ET or E.T.

I hope somebody knows the answer.