The ages of the Patriarchs upon their successors births (and in some cases their ages at death) vary wildly among the Masoretic Text, the Samaritan Pentateuch and the Septuagint. Which are correct?
• The Masoretic Text has 720 years from Abraham’s birth to the Exodus; the Septuagint and Samaritan Pentateuch have 505 years. Again, which is correct? Why the discrepancy if the Bible is perfect? • The Septuagint has 10 fewer years from the Exodus to the founding of Solomon’s temple (as compared to the Masoretic Text). Where did they go? • There are numerous instances where the biblical data does not match the testimony of Assyrian and Babylonian records, and for various reasons scholars have a high degree of confidence in those secular records. • Luke at 2:2 mentions that Jesus was born at the time of a census when one Quirinius was governor of Syria. We know from Roman records that P. Sulpicius Quirinius conducted an assessment in 6-7 C.E. [far too late to be Luke’s census] while governor of Syria; he was not governor during Herod’s reign. There have been various attempts to resolve this problem.
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