Biblical Hebrew Forum

[James Read <J.Read-2 AT sms.ed.ac.uk>]

Hi,

Quoting K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>:

> Yitzhak:
> This is the first solid evidence that has been produced that calls the
> theory that I was taught to be in question.

???????????????

What about all the others you have sidestepped completely?

I am still to this moment awaiting replies to the textual structure  
you were provided of Genesis 10, who the 'they' of Genesis 10:1b are  
and how you understand there to have been no less than three authors  
of the flood account with the massive coincidence that just after that  
there is a listen of the lineage of the three.

> However, even this one has a question mark: the LXX represents a textual
> tradition that puts Terach as having lived in Haran 205 years, making his
> total life close to 300 years. That would put his death after all these
> others you list, also after the death of Abraham.
>
> Are there other alternate readings that may back up either the Masoretic or
> LXX texts?

I was going to mention looking at the LXX myself. We should also  
perhaps check the Syriac peshitta tradition and the Samaritan  
pentateuch.

James Christian

> Thanks for the effort. And as I said above, thanks for this solid piece of
> information.
>
> Karl W. Randolph.
>
> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Yitzhak Sapir   
> <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > Incidentally, Karl, how do you explain the following:
> > Gen 11:17 Eber lived 430 years after giving birth to Peleg
> >
> > Gen 11:18 Peleg gave birth to Reu at 30 years of age
> > Gen 11:20 Reu gave birth to Serug at 32 years of age
> > Gen 11:22 Serug gave birth to Nahor at 30 years of age
> > Gen 11:24 Nahor gave birth to Terah at 29 years of age
> > Gen 11:32 Terah lived to be 205 years before he died.
> >
> > So, Terah died 205 + 29 + 30 + 32 + 30 years after Peleg
> > was born.  That comes out to 326 years.
> > But Eber lived 430 years more after Peleg was born.
> >
> > Terah died 360 years after Eber was born.
> > But Shelah lived 403 years more after Eber was born.
> >
> > Terah died 390 years after Shelah was born.
> > But Arpachshad lived 403 years more after Shelah was born.
> >
> > Terah died 425 years after Arpachshad was born.
> > But Shem lived 500 years more after Arpachshad was born.
> >
> > So when Terah died, Eber, Shelah, Arpachshad, and Shem
> > were all supposedly still alive.
> >
> > How would Terah know their ages at their death to write
> > about them in his hypothetical book when he died while
> > they were still alive?
> >
> > Yitzhak Sapir
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