This concludes my work on Biblical Chronology: From Adam To The End Of The World. As you all can see I have cited each place where I found my information and have been able to prove without a shadow of a doubt the truthfulness of my work. For those who still doubt the authenticity of the Septuagint/LXX remember and understand this proverb:
"God always preserves the truth in order to expose all falsehood."
I've already read the entire Dead Sea Scrolls and the Septuagint for myself so, I've been able to look at the numbers in both; and after checking the numbers in the Antiquities of the Jews, Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentatuech, and the genealogical records in the apocryphal books: I found that there is more agreement with the Septuagint numbers and than those found in the later Masoretic Text and other later scrolls.
Even translators have found that the words of Christ and the apostles make much more sense when reading the Septuagint than compared to the Masoretic Text. And when you read the source text for the Septuagint, The Letter of Aristeas, it becomes clear that before the LXX there were no foreign copies of the Hebrew scriptures outside of Israel.
And when you follow the narrative in scripture this is true for The Word of God was with God first; from there it passed to Adam and continued through the line of Seth (as Cain was cursed by God for killing Abel) all the way down to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; from there the Word of God came to Moses on Mount Sinai and was kept safe in the Tabernacle with Aaron and the Levites; next it passed to Joshua and continued through the Judges up to Samuel; and, the Word of God was passed from Samuel the Judge to Saul the king of Israel and remained with Israel until Solomon where the Law was forgotten after his death; the Word of God was rediscovered by king Josiah and obeserved until king Nebuchadnezzar burned the Temple built by Solomon; from here the Word of God is missing until the time of Ezra the scribe whom God commissioned with five other scribes to write for 40 Days and 40 Nights. At the conclusion of this event Ezra and his men had written 94 Books of which God said, "Keep 24 Books for the righteous and sinners to read but, hide away the 70 Books which shall only be revealed to those considered worthy to read them." This story may be found in 2 Esdras 14:19-26; 37-48. The 24 Public Books would be what we have as the old Testament which give more than enough information on what we need to know:
5 Books of the Law of Moses
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Dueteronomy
5 Major Prophets
Psalms¹
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Ezekiel
Daniel
1 Record of the Seers²
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephanaiah
Haggai
Zecaraiah
Malachi
9 Books of the History of Israel
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 & 2 Samuel³
1 & 2 Kings⁴
1 & 2 Chronicles⁵
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
4 Books of Literature⁶
Job
Proverbs
Eccleciastes
Song of Solomon
¹ Psalms is included with the prophets as the priests played instruments in the Temple of God while prophesying. And Jesus also mentioned that they contain prophecies of Him (1 Chronicles 25:1-3 cf. Luke 24:25-27, 44-49).
² The Record of the Seers is a collection of the writings and prophecies of the prophets and what they used to be called during the days of Samuel (see 1 Samuel 9:9 cf. 2 Chronicles 33:19). Therefore the prophets from Hosea to Malachi are combined into one book as they do not cover the same major and distinct prophesies found in the five major prophets.
³ The books of Samuel cover the period of Samuel to Ishbosheth's death and, David's rule so, they should be considered one book.
⁴ The books of the kings cover the time from king David to the Babylonian captivity, the time Cyrus freed the Jews, and commissioned the Temple and Jerusalem to be rebuilt, so, it should be considered one book.
⁵ The chronicles contains an overview from the creation of the world to the Babylonian captivity, the time Cyrus freed the Jews, and commissioned the Temple and Jerusalem to be rebuilt, so, it should be considered one book.
⁶ Literature covers the various poems, songs, wise sayings, narratives, and miscellaneous writings which do not necessarily cover anything in the law, the prophets, or the history of Israel.
The 70 Private Books would contain details left out in the first twenty-four books. And naturally speaking these books would cover the entire history from the creation of the world to the time of Ezra; so, the only things beyond that point would be prophecies concerning the Messiah and the End of the World.
And so we see that from the time of Adam to Malachi the prophet the Word of God was never given to the nations in their own tongues but remained written in Hebrew. It was not until after the death of Alexander the Great that the Hebrews finally wrote their first translation of the Hebrew scriptures into a foreign language, and this language was that of the Greeks during the time of the Ptolemy's. And history proves that koine Greek was the common language in use during the time of Jesus Christ and His twelve apostles.
To be sure that the geneaologocal records of the Septuagint/LXX is true and reliable please tune in to my next exciting series Hiding The Messaiah: Falsification Of Genesis 5 & 11.
"God always preserves the truth in order to expose all falsehood."
I've already read the entire Dead Sea Scrolls and the Septuagint for myself so, I've been able to look at the numbers in both; and after checking the numbers in the Antiquities of the Jews, Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentatuech, and the genealogical records in the apocryphal books: I found that there is more agreement with the Septuagint numbers and than those found in the later Masoretic Text and other later scrolls.
Even translators have found that the words of Christ and the apostles make much more sense when reading the Septuagint than compared to the Masoretic Text. And when you read the source text for the Septuagint, The Letter of Aristeas, it becomes clear that before the LXX there were no foreign copies of the Hebrew scriptures outside of Israel.
And when you follow the narrative in scripture this is true for The Word of God was with God first; from there it passed to Adam and continued through the line of Seth (as Cain was cursed by God for killing Abel) all the way down to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; from there the Word of God came to Moses on Mount Sinai and was kept safe in the Tabernacle with Aaron and the Levites; next it passed to Joshua and continued through the Judges up to Samuel; and, the Word of God was passed from Samuel the Judge to Saul the king of Israel and remained with Israel until Solomon where the Law was forgotten after his death; the Word of God was rediscovered by king Josiah and obeserved until king Nebuchadnezzar burned the Temple built by Solomon; from here the Word of God is missing until the time of Ezra the scribe whom God commissioned with five other scribes to write for 40 Days and 40 Nights. At the conclusion of this event Ezra and his men had written 94 Books of which God said, "Keep 24 Books for the righteous and sinners to read but, hide away the 70 Books which shall only be revealed to those considered worthy to read them." This story may be found in 2 Esdras 14:19-26; 37-48. The 24 Public Books would be what we have as the old Testament which give more than enough information on what we need to know:
5 Books of the Law of Moses
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Dueteronomy
5 Major Prophets
Psalms¹
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Ezekiel
Daniel
1 Record of the Seers²
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephanaiah
Haggai
Zecaraiah
Malachi
9 Books of the History of Israel
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 & 2 Samuel³
1 & 2 Kings⁴
1 & 2 Chronicles⁵
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
4 Books of Literature⁶
Job
Proverbs
Eccleciastes
Song of Solomon
¹ Psalms is included with the prophets as the priests played instruments in the Temple of God while prophesying. And Jesus also mentioned that they contain prophecies of Him (1 Chronicles 25:1-3 cf. Luke 24:25-27, 44-49).
² The Record of the Seers is a collection of the writings and prophecies of the prophets and what they used to be called during the days of Samuel (see 1 Samuel 9:9 cf. 2 Chronicles 33:19). Therefore the prophets from Hosea to Malachi are combined into one book as they do not cover the same major and distinct prophesies found in the five major prophets.
³ The books of Samuel cover the period of Samuel to Ishbosheth's death and, David's rule so, they should be considered one book.
⁴ The books of the kings cover the time from king David to the Babylonian captivity, the time Cyrus freed the Jews, and commissioned the Temple and Jerusalem to be rebuilt, so, it should be considered one book.
⁵ The chronicles contains an overview from the creation of the world to the Babylonian captivity, the time Cyrus freed the Jews, and commissioned the Temple and Jerusalem to be rebuilt, so, it should be considered one book.
⁶ Literature covers the various poems, songs, wise sayings, narratives, and miscellaneous writings which do not necessarily cover anything in the law, the prophets, or the history of Israel.
The 70 Private Books would contain details left out in the first twenty-four books. And naturally speaking these books would cover the entire history from the creation of the world to the time of Ezra; so, the only things beyond that point would be prophecies concerning the Messiah and the End of the World.
And so we see that from the time of Adam to Malachi the prophet the Word of God was never given to the nations in their own tongues but remained written in Hebrew. It was not until after the death of Alexander the Great that the Hebrews finally wrote their first translation of the Hebrew scriptures into a foreign language, and this language was that of the Greeks during the time of the Ptolemy's. And history proves that koine Greek was the common language in use during the time of Jesus Christ and His twelve apostles.
To be sure that the geneaologocal records of the Septuagint/LXX is true and reliable please tune in to my next exciting series Hiding The Messaiah: Falsification Of Genesis 5 & 11.
