Note 413 — Chapter VIII · PROBLEMS OF THE ARABIAN CULTURE (B) THE MAGIAN SOUL
Charles Francis Atkinson translation
B. Cohn, “Die Anfangsepoche der jüd. Kalenders” (Sitz. Pr. Akad., 1914). The date of the first day of Creation was on this occasion fixed by calculation from a total eclipse of the sun—of course with the aid of Chaldean astronomy. [See, in general, the articles “Chronology,” “Calendar,” in Ency. Brit., XI ed.—Tr.]