What is the difference between the Christian and the Jewish calculation of Anno Mundi?
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Both Judaism and James Ussher (and the premillennialists afterwards) attempted to date the year that the earth was created ([Anno Mundi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_Mundi)) . But Judaism set Anno Mundi to be [3761 BC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_Mundi#Jewish_tradition) while James Ussher set it to [4004 BC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ussher_chronology) .
(Although Jewish calendar month is lunar, they try to [align the length of the year](https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/jewish-calendar-solar-and-lunar/) to match solar year, so the year number should be roughly comparable.)
**Question**: What's the difference in the calculation method which yield different year number for the creation of the world?
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