Genesis 5 and 11 in the Greek Septuagint Textual Tradition

Henry B. Smith Jr. of Associates for Biblical Research is interviewed by Anthony Etheve on the genealogies of Genesis 5 and 11. The focus of this interview is on the numerical divergences between the Masoretic Text, the Samaritan Pentateuch, and the Septuagint in Genesis 5 and 11. Other subjects include: human and cosmic origins, the authority of Scripture, Kainan in Luke 3:36, Methuselah's death in the LXX, the date of the Flood, the chronology of Abraham, and the patriarchal lifespans.
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