RE: [asa] Two questions...

On Mon, 9 Feb 2009, Dick Fischer wrote:

> Hi James:
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> There are arguments I could give, the flood is one. Why does anyone suggest
> there are patriarchs missing out of the Genesis genealogies? There is only
> one reason for that - to drive the flood back into a timeframe where it
> might be possible that the ark passengers could commence the entire human
> race. And the only reason for that is to accommodate our mistaken belief
> that Adam was the biological head of all Homo sapiens.
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>
Saying that there is only one reason for believing in gaps in Genesis
genealogies goes too far. Comparison of Scripture with Scripture reveals
that there are gaps in other genealogies in the Bible, which suggests to
some that that might also be true of those in Genesis. The most thorough
study of this I know of is that of William Henry Green in 1890. He shows
that this phenomenon occurs even with genealogies (Levi to Moses) that
give ages.

Gordon Brown (ASA member)

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Received on Mon Feb 9 15:14:07 2009