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To: John Leland 1789
Noah’s son, Shem, was probably still living in Abraham’s day.

Do you agree that the "wandering jew" is living in Miami too?

The Wandering Jew is a figure from medieval Christian folklore whose legend began to spread in Europe in the thirteenth century and became a fixture of Christian mythology, and, later, of Romanticism. The original legend concerns a Jew who taunted Jesus on the way to the Crucifixion and was then cursed to walk the earth until the Second Coming. The exact nature of the wanderer's indiscretion varies in different versions of the tale, as do aspects of his character; sometimes he is said to be a shoemaker or other tradesman, sometimes he is the doorman at Pontius Pilate's estate, and sometimes the myth is transferred to a Roman rather than a Jew.

142 posted on 06/30/2008 1:44:21 PM PDT by Soliton (Investigate, study, learn, then express an opinion)
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To: Soliton

You haven’t looked seriously at Bible chronologies.

Shem was born about 2446 B.C.

Noah died about 1998 B.C., at 950 (!) years of age.

Abraham was born about 1996 B.C.

Shem died about 1844 B.C. at 600 (!) years of age. Abraham was then about 150 years old, and he married Keturah that year.

Abraham died about 1821 B.C. at 175 years of age.


155 posted on 06/30/2008 1:58:07 PM PDT by John Leland 1789
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