Note 25 — Chapter VI · EXTENT OF THE FIFTH AGE OF THE WORLD.

This is the Hebrew title of the most famous Jewish work on chronology, and signifies “The Great Chronicle of the World.” Dr. Hales says, “This was the first curtailed system of Jewish chronology, fabricated by Rabbi Josi, under the auspices of Rabbi Akiba, the abettor of the rebel-impostor Barchochab, A.D. 130, in the reign of Adrian.”—See his “Analysis,” p. 13.