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The early age of kings is a bit more complicated to deal with, as the lineage breaks down instead, the Bible records the lengths of kings' reigns. Ussher avoided this problem by relying on the Hebrew Bible (the Masoretic). For instance, the Septuagint (the pre-Christian Greek translation of the Old Testament) provides considerably longer ages, adding another 1500 years to the Creation date. However, the same ages are not presented by all versions of the Bible. Genesis alone provides genealogies from Adam to Jacob. The early times were likely the easiest to deal with, as the Bible provides an unbroken male lineage from Adam to Solomon, complete with the age of each father at the birth of his son, the next patriarch. Barr (1984) identifies three distinct periods that Ussher had to deal with: the early times (Creation through the reign of King Solomon), the early age of kings (Solomon to the destruction of the temple), and the late age of kings (Ezra and Nehemiah to the birth of Christ). Ussher's methodology was simple: use the genealogies provided in the Bible to construct a timeline. creation date went unquestioned for many years. As Protestantism spread, the King James Version of the Bible became the standard English translation. Thus, it was difficult to tell inspired work from commentary. Unfortunately, this genealogical Creation chronology was incorporated into the King James Version of the Bible from the 18th century onward, either as margin notes or even headings in the text. Among other assumptions, both Lightfoot and Ussher decided that the Genesis 1 creation days were 'six consecutive 24-hour periods' (Ross 2004). The methodology employed by Ussher was similar to that employed by other Biblical scholars thus, the dates they independently achieved are fairly concordant.

In addition, Ussher derived specific dates for 'every historical event mentioned in the Bible' (Ross 2004). He concluded that the creation of Adam took place on October 23 at 9:00 A.M. According to Ross (2004), a final round of 'academic sparring' resulted in John Lightfoot's adjustment of Ussher's date to conclude that all creation took place the week of October 18-24, 4004 B.C. Eight years later, James Ussher deduced that the first day of Creation began at nightfall preceding Sunday, OctoB.C. This date was reached after an analysis of the Biblical genealogies found in Genesis, Exodus, 1 and 2 Kings, and 1 and 2 Chronicles. In 1642, John Lightfoot published a 'voluminous' calculation of the exact date for the creation of the universe: SeptemB.C. Obviously, if this is not the case, then the Bible's genealogical record is incomplete, and thus any calculation made using its genealogies would be erroneous. In order to use Biblical genealogies as a calendar, one must make the fundamental assumption that Adam and Eve were the first humans. Their work is known as the Ussher-Lightfoot Calendar. The two most famous such attempts (incorporating a literal week as Creation week) were made by John Lightfoot and James Ussher in the 17th century. Then, given an interpretation of Creation week (and its length), it is possible to assign a date to Creation itself. It is not surprising, then, that attempts have been made by Biblical literalists to use genealogies given in the Bible to assign a date to the origin of humanity. Additionally, the Bible contains genealogies describing the descendants of Adam to the Jewish patriarchs and beyond. Those who hold such a viewpoint interpret the Creation account in Genesis as taking place over six literal 24-hour days. Biblical literalists ascribe to the viewpoint that the Bible is to be interpreted literally (except for certain poetic passages). As such, the Genesis Creation account is often difficult to deal with - is it reliable history as written, or ambiguous and difficult to believe? Debate is heated even within the Christian community. The interpretation of ancient texts is a tricky enterprise, and the more ambiguous the text, the more difficult it is to come to a concrete, widely-accepted interpretation. Creationism and Biblical Geneologies By Mike Janssen

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