Addenda B The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy* states as follows: Article XIII        WE AFFIRM the propriety of using inerrancy as a theological term with reference to the complete truthfulness of Scripture.        WE DENY that is proper to evaluate Scripture according to standards of truth and error that are alien to its usage or purpose. We further deny that inerrancy is negated by Biblical phenomena such as a lack of modern technical precision, irregularities of grammar or spelling, observational descriptions of nature, the reporting of falsehood, the use of hyperbole and round numbers, the topical arrangement of material, variant selections of material in parallel accounts, or the use of free citations.  (Italics do not appear in the original text but are added for emphasis.) The Chicago Statement on Biblical Hermeneutics says: Article XV        WE AFFIRM the necessity of interpreting the Bible according to its literal, or normal sense.  The literal sense is the grammatical-historical sense.  That is, the meaning which the writer expressed.  Interpretation according to the literal sense will take account of all figures of speech and literary forms found in the text.        WE DENY the legitimacy of any approach to Scripture that attributes to it meaning which the literal sense does not support. *        "The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy was produced at an international summit conference of evangelical leaders, held at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Chicago in the fall of 1978.  The International Council on Biblical Inerrancy sponsored this congress.  The Chicago Statement was signed by nearly 300 noted evangelical scholars, including James Boice, Norman L. Geisler, John Gerstner, Carl F.H. Henry, Kenneth Kantzer, Harold Lindsell, John Warwick Montgomery, Roger Nicole, J.I. Packer, Robert Preus, Earl Radmacher, Francis Schaeffer, R.C. Sproul, and John Wenham.  The statement with exposition can be found at : www.kulikovskyonline.net/hermeneutics/csbe.htm>."  Quote from Refuting Compromise by Jonathan Sarfati, Ph.D., page 37.                                                                              Addenda C                 Days of the Patriarchs (According to the Masoretic Text*)        NAME                                                       AGE AT BEGETTING NEXT IN LINE        Adam                                                                        130        Seth                                                                          105        Enosh                                                                         90        Cainan                                                                        70        Mahalaleel                                                                   65        Jared                                                                         162        Enoch                                                                          65        Methuselah                                                                187        Lamech                                                                      182        Noah                                                                           500 Total from Adam to Flood                                                1,656        Shem                                                                          100        Arphaxad                                                                      35        (Cainan)                                                                        --        Shelah                                                                          30        Eber                                                                              34        Peleg                                                                            30        Reu                                                                               32        Serug                                                                            30        Nahor                                                                            29        Terah                                                                            70 Total from the Flood to Abraham                                        290 *         "The Masoretic Text, which is used by the modern Hebrew Bibles        is the basis behind most English Old Testaments.  It is named after        specialist copiers of the Bible called Masoretes ("transmitters"),        who standardized the text and added vowel points to aid pronunciation        to the text, which previously only had consonant.  The Masoretes did        not standardize the vowel points until the 7th or 8th century AD."  Quoted        from Refuting Compromise by Jonathan Sarfati. "Date of Creation        We can define the year of the creation of the world as A.M. (A.M.=        Anno Mundi = year of the world).  Then Adam died in A.M. 930, Noah        was born in A.M. 1056, the Flood occurred 600 years later, therefore        in A.M. 1656.        "Abraham was born when Terah was 130, 352 years after the Flood        in A.M. 2008.  This narrows down the possible range for the date of        creation...        "The late Dr. Gerhard Hasel, who was professor of Old Testament        and Biblical Theology at Andrews University, calculated from the        Masoretic Text that Abraham was born in about 2170 B.C.  Thus,        the Flood occurred at 2522 B.C. and creation at 4178 B.C..."        Quoted from Refuting Compromise by Jonathan Sarfati, Ph.D.