What do BCE and CE stand for?

Library » History » Kings | Subscribe | What is RSS? PRINT EMAIL COMMENT Rabbi Isser Weisberg: Welcome. I'll be with you in a moment...what's on your mind? justastudent: What do "BCE" and "CE" mean? As you can tell, I am not Jewish, and am familiar only with the terms "B.C." and "A.D." Rabbi Isser Weisberg: "before common era" and "common era" Rabbi Isser Weisberg: the christians use BC and AD... Rabbi Isser Weisberg: we use CE justastudent: Well thank you very much for your help!:-)) Have a blessed day! Rabbi Isser Weisberg: you too Rabbi Isser Weisberg: be well justastudent: Thank You. All names, places, and identifying information have been changed or deleted in order to protect the privacy of the questioners. In order to preserve authenticity, the chat sessions have been posted with a minimum of editing. Please excuse typographical errors, missing punctuation, and/or grammatical mistakes which naturally occur in the course of informal chat sessions. ADD A COMMENT Please email me when new comments are posted (you must be  logged in). RELATED CATEGORIES History » Early Years History » Prophets History » Patriarchs, 12 Tribes History » Egypt History » Rishonim History » Acharonim History » Joshua, The Judges History » Exile Miscellaneous » The Jewish Calendar Email to a friend Post a comment cancel Loading...