Abbreviations

	AM - Anno Mundi, "in the year of the world".   Used to denote a date using the timescale in years "after Creation".
	BC - Before Christ.  Used to denote a date using the timescale in years before the birth of Jesus Christ.  This abbreviation is analogous in usage to another abbreviation often used in contemporary literature - BCE, "Before the Common Era".
	AD - Anno Domini, "in the year of our Lord".   Used to denote a date using the timescale in years after the birth of Jesus Christ.  Is analogous to the abbreviation CE, meaning "of the Common Era".
	c. - Circa.  An abbreviation that is placed in front of a date when that date is in some way an approximation.  The nature of the approximation depends on context.
	NIV - Holy Bible, New International Version®.  Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society.  Used by permission of International Bible Society.
	KJV - The "King James Version" of the Christian Protestant Bible.

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