According to what I have learned, and I always have found this fascinating, recorded history began with writing down events from the inception of writing them down to the present. Now whether this applies to the writings that make up the Word, I do not know, but I do know, this being a web site calle Christian, and this forum being dedicated to the discussion of the Word makes me adhere to the Bible as source authority of time, this age, as we know it. This is based on faith. Therefore I read the Word, I believe It, and I worship God, Yahweh in so doing. It makes life so much easier, faith that is.