Longevity and the Bible: Who were the Antediluvians and why did they live so long?
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It is impossible to have a discussion about longevity without discussing what has been called the Antediluvians. Who were the Antediluvians? In the Christian Bible and Hebrew Torah, the antediluvian period begins with the first man and woman (Adam and Eve), according to Genesis, and ends with the destruction of all life on earth except those saved with Noah in the ark. According to one account from Bishop Ussher's 17th-century chronology, the antediluvian period lasted for 1656 years, from Creation (some say the fall of man) at 4004 BC to the Flood at 2348 BC. Some of the best-known stories in the Bible are used to describe this period – the creation, Adam and Eve, and Cain and Abel, followed by the genealogies tracing the descendants of Cain and Seth.
Longevity and the Bible: Who were the Antediluvians and why did they live so long?
Longevity and the Bible: Who were the…
Longevity and the Bible: Who were the Antediluvians and why did they live so long?
It is impossible to have a discussion about longevity without discussing what has been called the Antediluvians. Who were the Antediluvians? In the Christian Bible and Hebrew Torah, the antediluvian period begins with the first man and woman (Adam and Eve), according to Genesis, and ends with the destruction of all life on earth except those saved with Noah in the ark. According to one account from Bishop Ussher's 17th-century chronology, the antediluvian period lasted for 1656 years, from Creation (some say the fall of man) at 4004 BC to the Flood at 2348 BC. Some of the best-known stories in the Bible are used to describe this period – the creation, Adam and Eve, and Cain and Abel, followed by the genealogies tracing the descendants of Cain and Seth.