The Jewish Calendar says that this is the year 5768...?

Question

The Jewish Calendar says that this is the year 5768. From what major event is this measured?

Has any group ever pushed for a new calendar measure date starting from a different (newer or older) year?

Answer 1

it's measured from the "date of creation"

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_calendar

Answer 2

It is from the date of creation!

P.S. For those of you that ask how come the scientists claim that the world is billions of years old, some scholars say that because of the flood with the boiling water........ the skeletons might look much older then it actually is

Answer 3

The Jewish calendar supposedly counts years from the world's creation - so the year would be 5768 AM (Anno Mundi). The Muslim calendar started with the Hijra, Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina to escape persecution. The Christian calendar is supposed to be tied with the year of Jesus' birth, hence 2007 AD (Anno Domini - "The Year of our Lord"). Of course, even Christian scholars maintain that this is not accurate, and that Jesus was born several years before 1 AD. Since "BC" is "Before Christ," it follows that Jesus was born several years before himself. But hey, it's just a rough estimate, the result of a well-meaning monk's mathematical mistake. Some scholars, for the sake of political correctness (not all people consider Jesus to have been G-d incarnate), substitute the terms "BCE" and "CE" (Before Common Era and Common Era) for BC and AD.

So, there you have it:

Jewish Calendar: Creation of the world vis-a-vis scripture

Muslim Calendar: Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina

Christian Calendar: (roughly) The Birth of Jesus


There are no doubt plenty of other calendars, but those are the three that I am personally most familiar with. I hope you find this information helpful.

Answer 4

yes, it's measured from the supposed date of Creation.
I'm Jewish

Answer 5

It was a calculation made by rabbis and scholars based on the genealogies in Torah.

I don't know of any suggestions for changing it. It works just fine as it is.

Answer 6

YEARS AGO AT 2007 C. E.

6073 Adam in Eden [ This is not the age of the earth ].
5143 Adam died,
4417 Noah & flood.
4067 Noah died.
3915 Shem died, Gen.11:10;
3890 Abraham died,
3842 Ishmael died,
3785 Isaac died.
3775 Jacob in Rameses Egypt.
3758 Jacob died.
3705 Joseoh died.
3640 Job died.
3560 Moses at Exodus.
3620 Moses died.
3519 Jordan crossed.
3219 Judge Jephthah.
3190 Samuel born.
3110 Acts 13:20,21;
3084 king Sauk died.
3044 king David died.
3040 1Ki.6:1 [ 480 after Moses dies ];
3004 king Solomon dies [ also: 997 B. C ].
2613 Daniel gives 2520 yrs to time of the end.
____ Daniel yr 3460, 606 B. C. at 2007 C. E.
Bible in circulation in the world 396 years.

Answer 7

It's meusered from the exodus

Answer 8

could be earth is only about 10,000 years old