History of Jehovah's Witnesses book, "Three Worlds and the Harvest of This World", was published in early 1877. It articulated ideas that remained the teachings of Russell's associates for the next 40 years, many of which are still embraced by Jehovah's Witnesses: it identified a 2520-year-long era called "the Gentile Times", which would end in 1914, and broke from Adventist teachings by advancing Russell's concept of "restitution" — that all humankind since Adam would be resurrected to the earth and given the opportunity for eternal perfect human life. Russell claimed it was the first book to combine biblical end-time prophecies with the concept of
Jehovah word, there can be little doubt that it is not "Jehovah"". Despite this, he consistently uses the name "Jehovah" throughout his dictionary and when translating Hebrew names. Some examples include "Isaiah" ["Jehovah's help or salvation"], "Jehoshua" ["Jehovah a helper"], "Jehu" ["Jehovah is He"]. In the entry, "Jehovah", Smith writes: "JEHOVAH (, usually with the vowel points of ; but when the two occur together, the former is pointed , that is with the vowels of , as in Obad. i. 1, Hab. iii. 19:" This practice is also observed in many modern publications, such as the "New Compact Bible Dictionary"