BWH Explorer

BWH Explorer

a new research tool for exploring Bible
chronologies in greater depth

Author's comments on this new software

No matter what we deal with in life, the context in which events occur is always important. Context helps us understand the reason for events. While this is true for events that happen in our own personal lives, it is equally as true when trying to understand events as recorded in history.

For the past 10 years on this bibleworldhistory.com website I have presented a single time-line, which is the result of my own personal study (see Author's Comments for more details). Now I am giving you the opportunity to compare this time-line against other established timelines. This is achieved via a new Windows-based computer software program that you can download and install on your computer. This allows you to explore the various timelines in a way that is not possible on a website, and also allows you to access the timelines when you are not connected to the internet.

It is my hope that this software will form the basis of a comprehensive research tool which will continue to be improved on as time goes by - based on feedback from you, the user. So if you have any ideas at all about how the software can be improved, or what additional timelines or data should be included, please contact me and let me know!

I'm not doing this for commercial gain. So, I am making the software freely available for personal use. You may download it and use without paying me anything. If, however, you find it useful and would like to support the ongoing development of the software I would very much appreciate your purchase of a license. The creation of any software costs money, and your license purchase will help fund further development of this software.

David Petrie
Sydney, Australia
(see contact information page for email address)

Overview of Software

The BWH Explorer software currently contains detailed analysis of the following time-lines, the first three are based on the Old Testament of the Bible, the last two are chronologies of Ancient Egypt:

Bible World History Chronology - from Creation to the end of the Kings of Judah, as presented on this website
James Ussher's Chronology - from Creation to the end of the Kings of Judah, as given in his "Annals of the World", as found here: http://www.archive.org/details/AnnalsOfTheWorld
Traditional Jewish Chronology - from Creation to the end of the Kings of Judah, as given on this website: http://www.akhlah.com/history_tradition/torah_timeline.php
Conventional Egyptian Chronology - from the 1st Dynasty to the end of the 26th Dynasty of Egypt, by Ian Shaw, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_chronology
Revised Egyptian Chronology - from the 1st Dynasty to the end of the 26th Dynasty of Egypt, by David Rohl, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NC_Egyptian_chronology_comparison.png

The BWH Explorer software contains three tabs, which allow you to do the following:

Data View - Biblical Chronology (see screen shot) - allows you to explore in detail the dates for each of the three biblical chronologies as given above.
Data View - Egyptian Chronology (see screen shot) - allows you to explore in detail the dates for each of the two Egyptian chronologies as given above.
Chart View (see screen shot) - allows you to compare any or all of the five chronologies against each other. The same time scale is used on each chart to make this easier.

Download the Software

The BWH Explorer software has been development in association with Petrie Software Pty Ltd. The software is hosted on the Petrie Software website and can be accessed via the following link. You will also find information on this page on how to purchase a license for the software.

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