Fair enough and thank you for your clarification. I was more struck by the fact that you worded most of what you propose as questions rather than taking a...
With regard to the 480 years. I accept both V. and Courvilles acceptanct of the sojourning as dating from the the blessing fo Abraham. and the time from...
In a message dated 10/1/2006 1:18:44 PM Pacific Standard Time, BransJerry@... writes: With regard to the 480 years. I accept both V. and Courvilles ...
re Goshen as Heliopolis/On: (I.) Could Heliopolis/On be Rameses &/or Pithom? One meaning of Ra-mses is "son/born + Ra". ("...Ramses .... Ra the same god who...
... From: lifetradition To: ancient_chronology@yahoogroups.com Please note for connections that the Hamito-Semitic (Afro-Asiatic) language family contains...
Re the 430 yrs being (215 yrs) in Egypt and (215 yrs in) Canaan of Septuagint: I personally adopt a provisional compromise/synthesis of 300 yrs in Egypt,...
I understand that Jerome, in translating The Bible into Latin chose to go to Hebrew sources rather than The Septuagint for the Old Testament. The King James...
I wrote this for another group/list at http://groups.google.co.nz/group/ancientneareast?lnk=li&hl=en but I thought that it is also relevant/appropriate here. ...
Greetings InfoWolf and Jerry Brans..., ... I date the Exodus at 1515bc, and Solomon Year 4, when he started building the temple, 480 years later at 1035bc. ...
Greetings InfoWolf and Jerry Brans.... ... I might be wrong, but I understand the Septuagint was written after the Ben Chayim (spelling) Hebrew Massoretic...
No the Septuagent precedes the Massoretic text. I might add some of the questions in translation are not so much questions but cultural interpretation., For...
Can anyone clarify when the Ben Chayim Spelling Massoretic text was written. I thought it was well after 1AD, while the Septuagent was well before, but it...
According to the internet, it was 1524 AD. I beleive the Massoretic text dates to the 11th or 12th centuries AD. The Septuagent was probably translated...
Greetings Bergen, Thanks for that info. The Septuagint was brought up, in this discussion group, as a comparison between what the English and Hebrew Bible says...
Let me ask you[s] clarification here: are you[s] disputing about the 430 yrs being only in Egypt in Massoretic versus being (215 yrs) in Egypt and (215 yrs in)...
Greetings Lifetradition! ... Oh. I don't think Israel spent 430 years in Egypt, I think they spent 209 or 210 years in Egypt. I base this on several things,...
Just a general comment: I think people are forgetting just how LONG 215 years really is. As a point of comparison, The Constitution of the United States was...
In a message dated 10/13/2006 4:19:31 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, bergendelperon@... writes: Whereas the Hebrew only brings this up to World Year 1656,...
In a message dated 10/13/2006 11:47:46 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, zoe_lithoi@... writes: Gen 15:16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither...
On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 06:45:26 -0000 "zoe_lithoi" <zoe_lithoi@...> ... BJ: My question is what problems are there with the two views on a revised Egyptian...
Hello Infowolf1, I can't vouch one way or another for the historicity or validity of the Book of Jasher. I only know it is one piece of evidence which supports...
<< BJ: My question is what problems are there with the two views on a revised Egyptian chronology and the possible Pharoahs for the times of Abraham, Joseph...
"4th generation" with "400 yrs" gives a generation of 100 yrs (ref Gerald Massey). There are more than 4 generations between Joshua/Caleb/etc and their tribal...
In a message dated 10/14/2006 2:45:46 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, zoe_lithoi@... writes: Infowolf1@..Infowolf ... Got any support for your 'lifespan'...