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Dear Jim,
"Methinks thou protesteth too much."
The Tanakh gives the ages of the Patriarchs that would also
include Adam, Abel, Enoch, Noah, etc. Strictly speaking, the Patriarchs of the
Hebrew would be from Abram (Abraham), Isaac, and Jacob (Israel). That is
what the TEXT SAYS AND WHAT IS WRITTEN.
Now, just because our more modern ideas or theories or
experience does not match that to what is found in the Tanakh does not mean that
what was said is wrong, incorrect, falsehood, etc. The ancients were there, we
were not. UNLESS there is something in the TEXT that states otherwise. Just
because the Hebrew grammar and syntax may allow for a possibility does not mean
that it was probable. There are degrees of certainty: Not possible, not
probable, possible, probable, certain. Your theories over the past several years
lie in the area of "Not possible and Not possible."
Rev. Bryant J. Williams III
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