Book Of Genesis: Living To Such An Old Age
BIBLICAL LONGEVITY
How is it possible that the characters of the Book of Genesis managed to live to such an old age? As an example, Adam lived to be 930 years of age, Seth lived to be 912 years of age, Enos lived to be 905 years of age, Cainan lived to be 910 years of age, Mahalaleel lived to be 895 years or age, Jared lived to be 962 years of age, Enoch lived to be 365 years of age, Methuselah lived to be 969 years of age, Lamech lived to be 777 years of age and Noah lived to be 950 years of age. Some traditional theologians conclude that God's intent for mankind was to have everlasting life. However, because Adam and Eve brought sin into the world the lifespan of mankind became shorter and shorter as man continued to sin. In the opinion …show more content…
But if this were true, then explain how could Abraham live to be 175 years of age, Sarah lived to be 127 years of age. Also, Amran the father of Moses lived to be 137 years of age and his grandfather lived to be 133 years of age. Yet another opinion is that the composers of the Old Testament used the wrong cycles of time to calculate the ages of the biblical characters. This claim is that they used the lunar cycle instead of the solar cycle to determine the ages of their characters. Using this formula, Methuselah who lived 969 lunar cycles actually in reality was 78 1/2 years of age when using a solar cycle. Still a different explanation is that the authors of the Old Testament possibly multiplied the ages of the characters by a factor of 10. According to this, some of the individuals would have died at the age of 62 years of age, which would not be unreasonable, but other individuals would have died at the age 230 years of …show more content…
Next was the First Dynasty of Kish with its 23 kings that did not reigned or live as the long as the Antediluvian Rulers, however, they did have longer lives than most. The first of these five kings was Jushur who reigned for 1,200 years, Kullassina-bel reigned for 960 years, Nangishlishma reigned for 670 years, En-tarah-ana reigned for 420 years and Babum reigned for 300 years and etc. Following the First Dynasty of Kish was the First Rulers of Uruk, which begins with Mesh-ki-ang-gasher of E-ana that reigned for 324 years, Enmerkar reigned for 420 years, Lugalbanda reigned for 1,200 years, Dumuzid reigned for 100 years and Gilgamesh who reigned for 126 years. Interesting enough, is the much shorter length of the reign of the kings that followed Gilgamesh such as Ur-Nungal that reigned for 30 years, Udul-kalama reigned for 15 years, La-bashum reigned for nine years and En-nun-tarah-ana reigned for eight years and so
How is it possible that the characters of the Book of Genesis managed to live to such an old age? As an example, Adam lived to be 930 years of age, Seth lived to be 912 years of age, Enos lived to be 905 years of age, Cainan lived to be 910 years of age, Mahalaleel lived to be 895 years or age, Jared lived to be 962 years of age, Enoch lived to be 365 years of age, Methuselah lived to be 969 years of age, Lamech lived to be 777 years of age and Noah lived to be 950 years of age. Some traditional theologians conclude that God's intent for mankind was to have everlasting life. However, because Adam and Eve brought sin into the world the lifespan of mankind became shorter and shorter as man continued to sin. In the opinion …show more content…
But if this were true, then explain how could Abraham live to be 175 years of age, Sarah lived to be 127 years of age. Also, Amran the father of Moses lived to be 137 years of age and his grandfather lived to be 133 years of age. Yet another opinion is that the composers of the Old Testament used the wrong cycles of time to calculate the ages of the biblical characters. This claim is that they used the lunar cycle instead of the solar cycle to determine the ages of their characters. Using this formula, Methuselah who lived 969 lunar cycles actually in reality was 78 1/2 years of age when using a solar cycle. Still a different explanation is that the authors of the Old Testament possibly multiplied the ages of the characters by a factor of 10. According to this, some of the individuals would have died at the age of 62 years of age, which would not be unreasonable, but other individuals would have died at the age 230 years of …show more content…
Next was the First Dynasty of Kish with its 23 kings that did not reigned or live as the long as the Antediluvian Rulers, however, they did have longer lives than most. The first of these five kings was Jushur who reigned for 1,200 years, Kullassina-bel reigned for 960 years, Nangishlishma reigned for 670 years, En-tarah-ana reigned for 420 years and Babum reigned for 300 years and etc. Following the First Dynasty of Kish was the First Rulers of Uruk, which begins with Mesh-ki-ang-gasher of E-ana that reigned for 324 years, Enmerkar reigned for 420 years, Lugalbanda reigned for 1,200 years, Dumuzid reigned for 100 years and Gilgamesh who reigned for 126 years. Interesting enough, is the much shorter length of the reign of the kings that followed Gilgamesh such as Ur-Nungal that reigned for 30 years, Udul-kalama reigned for 15 years, La-bashum reigned for nine years and En-nun-tarah-ana reigned for eight years and so