presbyterian ninja
Puritan Board Freshman
Steve, thank you very much for taking the time to interact with that Setterfield link. I'm still plowing through the links you sent me, but I think I'm starting to get a better handle on some of the relevent issues; however, I'm also realizing that this is a pretty involved issue and that I'm gonna have to look into this a little more. (Thanks for the link to Thomas Holland's book.) I've downloaded some stuff by Burgeon recently, but haven't taken the time to check it out yet. I guess I need to stop slacking and do that. While I'm doing that, I would be interested to get your take on Setterfield's comments on the chronologies in Josephus. He says that in Josephus' earlier works quotations from the chronologies in Genesis reference the numbers found in the LXX whereas his later works reference numbers contained in the Masoretic Text. I realize now that even the existence of the LXX during the lifetime of Josephus is debated, but if it didn't exist how do we account for this?
On a different note, thanks for the cautionary warning about messing with theological fire. That was a good word, because I have a tendency to think more highly of myself than I should. That leads to nothing but trouble.
On a different note, thanks for the cautionary warning about messing with theological fire. That was a good word, because I have a tendency to think more highly of myself than I should. That leads to nothing but trouble.