Ivan Panin
Panin’s Bible Chronology is a classic work of scholarship that provides unique insights into some of the most difficult issues encountered in Biblical chronology. This is a word-for-word transcription of the 1950 edition. have kept the formatting as close as possible to that edition, and no changes of any kind were permitted in wording or punctuation. Panin begins with nine Canons by which to approach chronology, providing an approach to the subject which is designed to eliminate useless debate. His second section is a “List” of every knowable date in the Bible. This is a reference guide and is the core of the results of his years of research. The third section is a guided tour through the undergirding of the numerics woven throughout the Chronology. While he could write volumes on the subject, he limits himself to clear examples that have specific impact. The investigating researcher can rest assured that every divergence has been noted as such: there are no arbitrary corrections. Thus the archaic presentation style will make its presence felt; this gives as close as possible a sense of not only the content of his work, but the method. The length of this book is deceptively short for the subject matter. However, the reader will find it concentrated and distilled, demanding one’s full attention. The facts are detailed and internally consistent, the “Canons” are salient and would hold up in any academic court, and the numerics have their own distict appeal. Those familiar with the classic problems of chronology that are revisited by each generation of scholars will appreciate the depth of Panin’s often unique approach.
