1, where the meaning of the date " thirtieth year " is obscure; it cannot refer to his age (which would be otherwise expressed in Hebrew), or to the reform of Josiah, 621 (which is not elsewhere employed as an epoch); possibly the reference is to the era of Nabopolassar (626 according to the Canon of Ptolemy), if chronological inexactness be supposed (34 or 33 years instead of 30), a supposition not at all improbable.   anvd [Please select]

This is the inexactness of an ill-paid clerk.   anvd [Please select]

This book is always interesting to children, and is such good reading that we need not feel afraid of Dickens' inexactness and apparent prejudices.   anvd [Please select]