Grace Edith Amadon
Grace Edith Amadon, Research Worker, Takoma Park, Maryland
Articles by Grace Edith Amadon
The "Wednesday" Crucifixion Argument
May 1942
The importance of the Position of the ancient Passover month can scarcely be overestimated by those who hold to a Friday crucifixion. The question of true Mosaic chronology was the first step the 1844 Adventists…
"Wednesday" Crucifixion Argument (Concluded)
June 1942
The first part of this answer to the problem of a "Wednesday Crucifixion" has stressed the inconsistency of substituting the name of the United States Naval Observatory for the authority of the Pentateuch and the gospel…
Significance of the Word "Passover"—No. 2
October 1943
After the destruction of the second temple in 70 A. D., when the lamb was no longer sacrificed among the scattered Jews, the expressions "Passover" and "unleavened bread" came to be used interchangeably. In Josephus…
A Landmark of History
June 1944
The historical date to be investigated in this study has to do with the first substantial clash between the Ottoman (Osmanli) Turks and the troops of the Byzantine Empire ; that is, the first encroachment of Othman,…
Ancient Jewish Calendar Construction—No. 2
April 1944
There is significant and impressive history connected with every Biblical date. It is the purpose of this series to place before readers of the Ministry dependable methods by which the chronological outline of both history…
Date and Hour of the Crucifixion Passover
February 1944
In medieval centuries Jewish manuscripts were still extant with reference to the ancient Passover date. Both the Arabian chronologer Albirani and the Jewish philosopher Mainionides had these sources in hand, although…
A Landmark of History—July 27, 1299
July 1944
In the first part of this historical series, it was shown that Von Hammer erred in his use of the Turkish calendar. It was customary with him to write the year of the Hegira above its corresponding Julian year, as, for example, 701/1301.1…
Ancient Jewish Calendar Construction—No. 1
March 1944
In the study on the ancient Passover date in the February Ministry, attention was called to the statement by Aristobulus that the fourteenth day of the first Jewish month always followed the evening when the…
Significance of the Word "Passover"
September 1943
In several of the books by Ellen G. White there are important references to the ancient Jewish Passover. But the word "Passover," as employed, is by no means limited to the fourteenth day of the first month, Abib, or…