Genesis 5 and 11
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Did Methuselah Survive the Flood? The Septuagint’s 167 vs. 187-Year Mystery — Part 1
This series summarizes my previous articles and videos on Methuselah’s numbers (Genesis 5:25–27) in the Septuagint, other extant texts, and external witnesses. Included are additions, corrections, and improvements to my…
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Who Changed the Bible?
In this episode of the Digging for Truth podcast, I explore one of the most challenging and controversial issues in the study of biblical chronology: the differing chronologies found in…
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Human History from Adam to Abraham: The Image of God and the Question of Ancient Human Fossils
Were Neanderthals fully human? For Christians committed to the authority of Genesis, that question is more than an academic exercise. It affects how we understand the image of God, biblical…
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Challenging Evangelicalism’s Eisegetical Abuse of Genesis 5 and 11
The genealogies of Genesis 5 and 11 have long been central to discussions concerning biblical chronology and human origins. While a few evangelical interpreters argue these genealogies yield a continuous…
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What’s Not to Beget?
On this Digging for Truth podcast episode, I discuss the genealogies of Genesis 5 and 11 and their significance for biblical chronology, theology, and interpretation. While genealogies are often among…
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Abram’s Call and the Death of His Father Terah: A Closer Look at Genesis 11:26 to 12:5
This study proposes that (1) Abram was born when Terah was 130 years old rather than 70, (2) Yahweh’s call to Abram occurred while he was still in Ur [of…
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Genesis Eleven’s Genealogy and Old Testament Chronology
In this lecture at Chafer Theological Seminary’s Pastors’ Conference, I examine the numbers preserved in the genealogy of Genesis 11: 10-25 from the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and external…
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The Transmission and Preservation of Scripture
In this Lecture at Chafer Theological Seminary’s Pastors’ Conference, I examine the doctrine of preservation, which is first and foremost a theological issue. Topics of discussion include: texts which speak…
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Chronology and Lifespans in Genesis: A Forty Six Chapter Reality
Many evangelical OT scholars have attempted to reinterpret the lifespans in Genesis in a variety of non-literal ways. All these attempts fail to explain the numerical and chronological data in…
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The Authority of Biblical Chronology
In the part 3 of a 3 part series on Digging for Truth TV, I discuss the syntax of Genesis 5 and 11, the authority of biblical chronology, and the…