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TheSeptuagint(LXX)282BC
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Seealso:Author’sPrefaceandMasterIntroduc@on
SixManuscriptsoftheOldTestamentName Date Authors Place Content Language
Mosaic(ST) 1446BC Moses Sinai BookoftheLaw,TorahHieroglyphicHebrew
Naiothic(SNT) 1050BC Samuel Naioth,Ramah Torah,Joshua Paleo-HebrewSamaritanPentateuch(SP) 623/610BC Samuel Naioth,Ramah
Torah(copyfromJosiah) Paleo-Hebrew
QuaRuordecim(XIV) 458-445BC Ezra“the14” JerusalemTanakh,
(ExceptNeh.,Mal.) Aramaic-Hebrew
Septuagint(LXX) 282BC “the70” Alexandria Tanakh Greek
MasoreUc(MT) 160ADRabbiYoseben
Hala_a Zippori Tanakh Aramaic-Hebrew
Seealso:1. Author’sPrefaceandMasterIntroduc@on2. 6OldTestamentManuscripts3. Originofthe4HebrewscriptsusedbyJewsandinthe
bible4. BookofLawinHieroglyphicHebrewalphabetscript
I.ChronologicalBirthandfuncUonoftheSeptuagint:
1. 282BC:BirthoftheSeptuagint(LXX):HistoricalaccountsoftheGreekTorahtransla@onprocessin282BC2. 280BC:BirthofSynagogues:SynagoguesoriginatedatAlexandriaEgyptin280BCspawnedbythe
Septuagint3. 150BC:SeptuagintCompleted(Gen–Malachi):AllOldTestamentbooks9Tanakh)fullytransla@oninto
Greekby150BC4. 150BC:AllsynagogueworshipservicesinGreek:TheSeptuagintwasthe“KJV”offirstcenturysynagogues
andchurches5. 150AD:JewscorrupttheSynagogueSeptuagintTanakh:JewsaltertheLXX,thenabandoneditforever.6. 160AD:ShemasMelchizedek:TestcaseforaccuracyofLXXvs.Masore@c
II.AnU-ChrisUan,theologicallydriven,singletextualvariantsintheOldTestament:LXXvs.MT
1. ShemwasNOTMelchizedek.ShemdiedbeforeAbrahamwasborn.2. Shemwassecond-bornandNOTMelchizedek.Japheth“theGreat”wasfirstbornintheLXX.3. AngelsarecommandedtoworshipJesusChristinDeut32:43intheLXX(Heb1:6)
4. The70weeksofDaniel9endin33ADwiththeresurrec@onofChristintheLXX.III.SingletextualvariantsintheOldTestament:LXXvs.MT
1. Methuselahwas187yearsoldwhenLamechwasbornnot167:Gen5:252. JacobentersEgyptwith70or75persons:Gen46:27;Ex1:5;Deut10:22;Acts7:143. GenesisFloodChronology:Threecalculated,deliberatevariantsinGen7:11;8:4,14.4. 471LXXVersesIden@calwithSPandDifferentfromMT
IV.DeadSeascrollsthatvalidatetheSeptuagintagainsttheMasoreUctext:
1. HebrewDSSthatagreewiththeLXXagainsttheMT2. HebrewDSSthatdisagreewithboththeLXXandMT3. HebrewDSSthatvalidatetheSamaritanPentateuchandLXX4. 154DeadSeaScrollvariantsiden@caltoSP&LXXagainsttheMT
V.SeptuagintChronologyofGen5,11iscorrect:
1. CreaUondatesofallreliableancientliterarysourcesvalidatethelongerSeptuagintChronology:a. Everyreliableliterarysourcebefore100ADusesthelongerLXXchronologyandnottheshorter
[email protected]. BothPhiloandJosephuswereusingtheextantHebrewmanuscriptoftheirdaywhichfollowedthelonger
LXXchronology.a. ThisisahugefindingbecausetheywereNOTusingtheGreekSeptuagintusedinSynagoguesas
theirsourcetext,buttheHebrewTanakhusedintheJerusalemTemple.b. Infact,manyscholarsmakethesuperficial(andwrong)conclusionthatJosephusandPhiloused
theSeptuagintBECAUSEtheyhavethelongerchronology.c. ThecorrectconclusionisthePhiloandJosephuswereusingthePre-Masor@cHebrewTextwhen
thenumbersagreedwiththeGreekLXX.3. TheliterarysourcesbelowbecometheprimaryproofthattheJewsaround160ADinZipporichangedthe
Hebrewtextforan@[email protected]. TodaytheSeptuagintcontainstheoriginalchronologicalnumbersfortheageoftheearthat5554BC.
225BC:Demetriusthechronographer:5500BC170BC:BookofJubilees:3906BC(es@mate)158BC:Eupolemus:5307BC10AD:TestamentofMoses:4221BCFollowsBookofJubilees30AD:PhiloofAlexandria:c.5500BCUsesHebrewtext60AD:Pseudo-Philo5886BC70AD:Josephus5467BC90AD:2Esdras145464BC100BC:TestamentofLeviandtheTwelvePatriarchs150AD:Jus@nMartyrJewscorrupttheirownGreekSynagogueTanakh160AD:SederOlamRabbah:3761BC221AD:JuliusAfricanusSextus:5500BC384AD:VulgatebyJerome:4114ADLa@ntransla@onofHebrew400AD:Augus@ne:believedboth5554BCand4114BCwereinspired
5. TestcaseforaccuracyofLXXvs.Masore@c:ShemasMelchizedeka. JewstodaybelievethatShemisMelchizedekbecausetheMasore@cchronologyhasShemliving
downpastthebirthofJacob.ItisimpossibleforShemtobeMelchizedekusingtheSeptuagintchronologybecauseShemdies600yearsbeforeAbrahamisborn.
b. IfwecanfindasingleancientliterarysourcethatshowsthattheJewsbelievedShemwasMelchizedek,thiswouldfalsifythetheorythattheJewscorruptedtheHebrewchronologiesofGenesis5,11atZipporiin160AD.
c. Infact,justliketheliterarysourcesaboveallvalidatethelongerLXXchronology,sotoodoalltheliterarysourcesrefutetheMTchronologybecausenoneofthemequateShemwithMelchizedek.
d. 100BC:TheearliestJewishliterarysourcesmakenoconnec@onofShemwasMelchizedekaswitnessedintheDeadSeaScrolls:1QGenesisApocryphon.
e. Atthe@meofChrist,Jewishmessianicexpecta@onwasofthearrivalofMelchizedekasa“heavenlybeing”notShemaswitnessedintheDeadSeaScrolls:11QMelchizedek.
f. 160AD:TheearliestliterarysourcethatequatesMelchizedekwithShemisSederOlamRabbahin160AD
g. TheSederOlamagain,isthefirstreferenceinhistoryandwasthebasisforcorrup@ngthepre-Masore@ctextinthechronologiesofGen5and11.
PrimevalChronologyofGenesis5 GreekSeptuagint(LXX)
(Correctoriginal)HebrewMasoreUc(MT)(Corruptedin150AD)
SamaritanPentateuch(SP)(corrupted)
Man AgeatSon'sBirth
RemainingYears
LifeAgeatSon'sBirth
RemainingYears
LifeAgeatSon'sBirth
RemainingYears
Life
Adam 230 700 930 130 800 930 130 800 930Seth 205 707 912 105 807 912 105 807 912Enosh 190 715 905 90 815 905 90 815 905Cainan 170 740 910 70 840 910 70 840 910Mahalalel 165 730 895 65 830 895 65 830 895Jared 162 800 962 162 800 962 62 785 847Enoch 165 200 365 65 300 365 65 300 365Methuselah 187 782 969 187 782 969 67 653 720Lamech 1821 565 753 182 595 777 53 600 653
Noah 5022 450 950 5022 4503 950 5022 450 950
Totalyears4 2158years 1558years 1209years
Flood5 3298BC 2518BC6 3108BC
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1. Lamech’sbegeqngageforNoahintheLXXreads188butthisisascribalerrorandthecorrectageLamech’ssonNoahwasbornisinhis182thyearintheMTwhichistheautographreading.
2. JaphethwasfirstbornwhenNoahwas500,Shemsecond-bornwhenNoahwas502andHamtheyoungest.WeknowforcertainthatShemwasnotfirstbornasperGen11:10andthatHamwastheyoungestasperGen9:24whichobviouslymakesJapheththeoldest.InGen10:21EnglishtranslatorsaresplitonwhichofShemandJaphethweretheoldest.TheHebrewintheMTandSPcouldmeaneitherthatJaphethorShemweretheolderbrother.TheGreekLXXcallsJapheth“thegreat”whichmaymeanheisolderthanShemorthathewasolderand/ormorefamousthanShem.
3. Gen9:28-29saysNoahlived350yearsa_erthefloodbutforatotallifeof950years.Genesis7:6saysthefloodoccurredwhenNoahwas600yearsold.
4. Crea@ontobirthofSheminNoah’s502ndyearasperGen11:10.5. Floodoccurredinthe600thyearofNoahor98yearsa_erShemwasbegotenwhenNoahwas502years
old.6. BecauseJewshavewronglybelievedfrom300BCtothepresentthatTerahwas70yearsoldwhen
Abrahamwasborninsteadofthecorrectbegeqngageof130youmustadd60yearstotheMTflooddateof2558BCtoarriveattheactualMTflooddateof2618BC.
PrimevalChronologyofGenesis11 Septuagint(LXX)
(Correctoriginal)MasoreUc(MT)
(Corruptedin150AD)Samaritan(SP)(Corrupted)
Man YearatBirth Rem./Life9 YearatBirth Rem./Life9 YearatBirth Rem.Years Life9
Shem1 100 500/600 100 500/600 100 500 600
Arphaxad 135 430/565 35 403/438 135 303 438Cainan 130 330/460 Skipped - skipped - -Shelah 130 330/460 30 403/433 130 303 433Eber 134 370/504 34 430/464 134 270 404Peleg 130 209/339 30 209/239 130 109 239Reu 132 207/339 32 207/239 132 107 239Serug 130 200/330 30 200/230 130 100 230Nahor 79 129/208 29 119/148 79 69 149
Terah2 130 75/205 130 75/205 708(130) 75(158) 145
Gen11Yrs3 1230years 450years 1100years
Gen5Yrs 2158years 1558years 1209yearsAbramborn 2166BC 2166BC 2166BC
Crea@on4 5554BC 4174BC5 4475BC
Flood6 3298BC 2518BC7 3168BC
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1. ShembegatArphaxadatage100whichwastwoyearsa_ertheflood.2. Chris@ansknowfromActs7:4thatAbrahamwasbornwhenTerahwas130yearsoldnot70.Thisisan
interpre@vevariance,notatextualoneinspiteofthefactthatJewsfrom300BCtothepresentwronglymaintainthatTerahwas70whenAbrahamwasborn.
3. TotalyearsfrombirthofArphaxadtobirthofAbrahamin2166BC.4. Crea@ondateisderivedbyaddingthebegeqngcolumnsinbothchartstothedateAbrahamwasbornin
2166BC.5. TheJewsfrom300BCdowntothepresentdaywronglysettheageofTerahatthebirthofAbrahamat70
whichcalculatesanageoftheearthat4114BC.ThetruthisthatTerahwas130yearsold,whichcalculatesageoftheearthaccordingtotheMTat4114BC+60=4174BC.
6. Flooddateiscalculatedbysubtrac@ng[totalGen5years]from[crea@ondate]andadding[98years]becauseShemwasborninNoah’s502ndyearandthefloodoccurredwhenNoahwas600yearsold.
7. BecauseJewshavewronglybelievedfrom150BCtothepresentthatTerahwas70yearsoldwhenAbrahamwasborninsteadofthecorrectbegeqngageof130youmustadd60yearstotheMTflooddateof2458BCtoarriveattheactualMTflooddateof2518BC.
8. WhilethenumbersintheMTshowthatTerahwas130whenAbrahamwasbornandthatAbrahamle_Haranatage75a_erTerahdiedatage205,theJewsincorrectlyinterpretedthebirthofAbrahamwhenTerahwas70.Whatthismeantintheirinterpreta@on,wasthatTarahcon@nuedtoliveinHaranforanother60yearsa_erAbrahamle_forCanaan.Thiswasalwaysproblema@cun@ltheChris@anBibleexplicitlystatedthatAbrahamdidnotleaveHaranun@la_erthedeathofTerahatage205(seeActs7:4).TheSamaritansfudgedthenumbersforthelifespanofTerahfrom205downto145inordertohaveTerahdiebeforeAbrahamle_Haran.SointheSamaritancorruptedchronologytheyincorrectlyhaveAbrahambornwhenTerahwas70andTerahdyingatage145whenAbrahamleavesforCanaanatage75.ButtodaywearecertainthatTerahwas130yearsoldwhenAbrahamwasbornwhichcreatesahugeproblemfortheSamaritanPentateuchbecausethismeansTerahdieswhenAbrahamisonly15yearsoldandnowAbrahamcon@nuestoliveinHaranforanother60yearsa_erTerahdiesbeforeheleavesforCanaan.This
isclearproofofacorruptandfabricatedSamaritanchronologybecausetheprevailingFALSEviewofJewsasfarbackas150BCtothepresent,isthatTerahwas70whenAbrahamwasbegoten.HadtheSamaritansjustle_thetextalone,theyneverwouldhavebeencaughtredhandedwithirrefutableproof(Abrahamwasnot15yearsoldwhenTerahdied),thattheydeliberatelycorruptedtheSamaritanPentateuchchronologyinGen5,11.
9. Lifenumbers(totalyearslived)arenotinthetextofeithertheLXXorMT.HowevertheyareaddedintheSP.Forexample,inGen11:11theSamaritanPentateuchaddsthewords:“AllthedaysofShehm[Shem]were600yearsandhedied”.TheSPaddsthetotallifeyearslivedforeachpersonintheGen11chronology.Thisisacorrup@onoftheoriginaltext.
Septuagint(LXX)Chronology Life Birth Death SonAdam 930 5554BC 4624BC 230Seth 912 5324BC 4412BC 205Enosh 905 5119BC 4214BC 190Cainan 910 4929BC 4019BC 170Mahalalel 895 4759BC 3864BC 165Jered 962 4594BC 3632BC 162Enoch 365 4432BC 4067BC 165Methuselah 969 4267BC 3298BC 187Lamech 777 4080BC 3303BC 182Noah 950 3898BC 2948BC 502Flood 3298BC Shem 600 3396BC 2796BC 100Arpachshad 565 3296BC 2731BC 135Kainan 460 3161BC 2701BC 130Shelah 533 3031BC 2498BC 130Eber 504 2901BC 2397BC 134Peleg 339 2767BC 2428BC 130Reu 339 2637BC 2298BC 132Serug 330 2505BC 2175BC 130Nahor 208 2375BC 2167BC 79Terah 205 2296BC 2091BC 130Abraham 175 2166BC 1991BC 100Isaac 180 2066BC 1886BC 60Jacob 147 2006BC 1859BC 90AlldatesareinBC.ToconverttoAeerCreaUon,subtractfrom5554
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