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[Vinnie]

This is not what I mean. Belief in long life spans before the flood (some utopian primordial past) was the norm at the time the text was written/edited/codified and that is its appropriate historical context. It was the conventional knowledge at the time and Genesis 6:3 even explains why the change occurred. They were recorder for a variety of reasons, a small one being ancient peoples though their distant ancestors lived much longer lives than they did. To claim these numbers were intended only to be pure symbolism/rhetorical numerology is inerrancy harmonization plain and simple. And that is Walton’s argument and what I have pushed back against since the beginning.

Vinnie

[Bill_II]

@Vinnie

Belief in long life spans before the flood (some utopian primordial past) was the norm at the time the text was written/edited/codified and that is its appropriate historical context. It was the conventional knowledge at the time and Genesis 6:3 even explains why the change occurred.

“conventional knowledge” doesn’t mean the ages are correct.

@Vinnie

They were recorder for a variety of reasons, a small one being ancient peoples though their distant ancestors lived much longer lives than they did.

Given the “conventional knowledge” wouldn’t the record have to reflect longer lives? Thus making it a big reason and not a small one.

And given the “conventional knowledge” I would suggest numerology explains why the ages were changed in the various manuscripts. The symbolism is probably a modern injection into the text.