Ancient Life-spans in the Bible
Sunday, July 5, 2015
The Torah describes the ages of ancient men in fantastic numbers. Many times in the Torah we see the life span of humans reaching great ages. Many as old as 900 years.
The Bible tells us that:
Adam lived 930 years. (Genesis 5:5)
Seth lived 912 years.(Genesis 5:8)
Methuselah lived 969 years.(Genesis 5:27)
And Noah lived 950 years. (Genesis 9:29)
Many people wonder how, or if this is possible.
The answer is: NO it is not possible for the human physiology to live to such extended lengths. Many fundamentalists have attempted to explain these ages with pseudo-science, theological positions and bizarre theories which cannot be substantiated. These attempts are ignorant of ancient history and the calculation of time by ancient Hebrews and resultantly their misinterpreted theories bring ridicule to the subject of Biblical study.
