I'm well aware of all that but the MT is the correct genealogy even though they used the LXX. Methuselah in the LXX lives beyond the flood which is impossible and there are religious writings that show bias in the lengths of certain patriarchs lives who were favoured at that later time of its writing.
Comparing the numbers in the LXX text (not later versions of the Septuagint, which are more dubious) with the numbers between , simple math proves your statement wrong.
Here is what the LXX actually says from:
English Translation of the Greek Septuagint Bible
The Translation of the Greek Old Testament Scriptures, Including the Apocrypha.
Compiled from the Translation by Sir Lancelot C. L. Brenton 1851
Genesis
Genesis
Chapter 5
5:1 This
is the genealogy of men in the day in which God made Adam; in the image of God he made him: 2 male and female he made them, and blessed them; and he called his name Adam, in the day in which he made them. 3 And Adam lived two hundred and thirty years, and begot
a son after his
own form, and after his
own image, and he called his name Seth. 4 And the days of Adam, which he lived after his begetting Seth, were seven hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters. 5 And all the days of Adam which he lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died. 6 Now Seth lived two hundred and five years, and begot Enos. 7 And Seth lived after his begetting Enos, seven hundred and seven years, and he begot sons and daughters. 8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died. 9 And Enos lived an hundred and ninety years, and begot Cainan. 10 And Enos lived after his begetting Cainan, seven hundred and fifteen years, and he begot sons and daughters. 11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years, and he died. 12 And Cainan lived an hundred and seventy years, and he begot Maleleel. 13 And Cainan lived after his begetting Maleleel, seven hundred and forty years, and he begot sons and daughters. 14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.
15 And Maleleel lived an hundred and sixty and five years, and he begot Jared. 16And Maleleel lived after his begetting Jared, seven hundred and thirty years, and he begot sons and daughters. 17 And all the days of Maleleel were eight hundred and ninety and five years, and he died. 18 And Jared lived an hundred and sixty and two years, and begot Enoch: 19 and Jared lived after his begetting Enoch, eight hundred years, and he begot sons and daughters. 20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty and two years, and he died. 21 And Enoch lived an hundred and sixty and five years, and begat Mathusala. 22 And Enoch was well-pleasing to God after his begetting Mathusala, two hundred years, and he begot sons and daughters. 23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty and five years. 24 And Enoch was well-pleasing to God, and was not found, because God translated him. 25
And Mathusala lived an hundred and sixty and seven years, and begot Lamech. 26
And Mathusala lived after his begetting Lamech eight hundred and two years, and begot sons and daughters. 27
And all the days of Mathusala which he lived, were nine hundred and sixty and nine years, and he died. 28
And Lamech lived an hundred and eighty and eight years, and begot a son. 29
And he called his name Noe, saying, This one will cause us to cease from our works, and from the toils of our hands, and from the earth, which the Lord God has cursed. 30
And Lamech lived after his begetting Noe, five hundred and sixty and five years, and begot sons and daughters. 31
And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and fifty-three years, and he died.
Chapter 6
6:1
And Noe was five hundred years old, and he begot three sons, Sem, Cham, and Japheth.
...
Chapter 7
6
And Noe was six hundred years old when the flood of water was upon the earth. ...
11 In the six hundredth year of the life of Noe, in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on this day* all the fountains of the abyss were broken up, and the flood-gates of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
* My note: this day would fall very close (within two weeks either way) to Halloween, the celebration of dead things (adopted from other more ancient festivals). Coincidence?
Methusala lived a total of 967 years. He was 182 years old when he begat Lamech, who begat Noe (Noah) at 188 years old. Noah was 600 when the Food began. So that means there was 182 + 188 + 600 years between Methusala's birth and death.
That totals to 970 years. Yet we are told in verse 27 "
And all the days of Mathusala which he lived, were nine hundred and sixty and nine years, and he died."
The LXX does
not teach that Methusala outlived the beginning of the flood!
The chronology is accurate, please see here:
66th Jubilee Found! - Year 3300 From Creation
Somebody has done hornswoggled you! ALL of theses calendars are built on assumptions! If the assumptions are off, even a little, that can have a building impact of errors (like a small snowball at the top of a mountain getting quite large by the time it stops).
And the 3.5 year ministry is just traditional teaching started by the early church fathers. Today we have many scriptural proofs and physical evidence too, please see here:
Jesus’ One Year Ministry
Bunk! Please show me even one reputable conservative Bible scholar who believes that!
Scholars who have attempted a synchronized harmony of the Gospels seem to indicate the Jesus went up to Jerusalem on three different occasions. From this, the tradition has grown up that his ministry was three years.
Beyond this interpolation, however, there is nothing to suggest how long his earthly ministry actually lasted. As such, it is probably best to say his ministry lasted
at least three years.
On Jesus' birth date, please read (or re-read) this article (which is really research notes) about Jesus' birth date by astronomer Barry Setterfield:
Christmas Star technical notes
Barry Setterfield has a DVD on the Christmas Star for sale on his site which is pretty good. You just have to get past his Aussie accent.
I like Michael Heiser on some things... on others, not so much. He is a somewhat conservative achademic and deserves to be heard even on his controversial ideas. He puts Jesus' birth date at September 11, 3 BC. Which is where I think you got the date from, or something very similar.
September 11: Happy Birthday to Jesus | Dr. Michael Heiser
On reflection, I think 3 BC it is too early, and prefer Setterfield's idea of almost the same day, but in 1 AD. Again, Setterfield is a professional astronomer, so it isn't like he knows nothing of the subject. A certain amount of one's biases (and we are
all biased) playes a part in one's final answer on this issue.
Jesus was absolutely not born in December, period!
Certainly the commonly sited dates of 4 BC or even 7 BC are too early (usually preferred by liberals and skeptics).
Herod probably died as late as 3 AD (per Setterfield), but he died at least 2 years after Jesus was born.
