Noah’s Flood: A Lunar Event Occurring in Solar Time
In the 600th year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month—on this day, all the fountains of the great deep broke open and the windows of the heaven were opened… And the waters of the Flood were upon the earth…
In the 601st year… on the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth dried. Genesis 7:10-11; ibid. 8:13-14
The discrepancy between these two dates] represents the eleven days which the solar year is greater than the lunar year; hence the Flood lasted a complete year.
Noah’s Flood commenced on the 17th of Cheshvan, and ended on Cheshvan 27 of the following year.
The biblical commentaries explain that the Flood lasted exactly one year, and that the 11-day discrepancy in the dates represents the 11-day difference between the solar and lunar years.
This reflects the fact that different components of the calendar are based on a variety of natural cycles which do not easily lend themselves to synchronization. The month derives from the moon’s 29.5 day orbit of the earth; the year, from the 365-day solar cycle. The problem is that 12 lunar months add up to 354 days—eleven days short of the solar year.
Most calendars deal with this discrepancy by simply ignoring one or the other celestial timekeepers. For example, the Gregorian Calendar (which has attained near-universal status) is completely solar based. Its 365 days are divided into 12 segments of 30 or 31 days, but these “months” have lost all connection with their original association with the moon. There are also calendars (such as the Moslem Calendar) which are exclusively lunar-based, with months that are faithfully attuned to the phases of the moon. Twelve such months are regarded as a year, but these “years” bear no relation to the solar cycle (a given date in such a calendar will, in certain years, fall in the midst of summer and, in other years, in the dead of winter).
The Jewish calendar is unique in that it reconciles the solar and lunar time-streams. By employing a complex 19-year cycle in which months alternate between 29 and 30 days and years alternate between 12 and 13 months, the Jewish calendar sets its months by the moon, and its years by the sun, combining lunar time and solar time into a single system while preserving the integrity of each.
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This makes no sense. From the 17th day of the second month to the 27th day of the second month is a year and ten days, not a year and 11 days. And scripture never says the Flood lasted for a year so I have no idea where you're getting that.
ReplyDeletefrom the 17th day of the 2nd month, to the 1st day of the next (new) year, there were 340 days. the rain began in Genesis 7:12 and lasted 40 days and 40 nights. Then in Genesis 7:24 the water prevailed for 150 days. Then the water decreased for 150 days in Genesis 8:5. so if you want to know how many days were in the year of Noahs flood, all you have to do now is add up the 1st month, and the first 16 days of the 2nd month that haven't been counted yet. This totals 45 days. 340+45=385 days. Exactly how many days are in the luni-solar ancient Hebrew calendar of YHWY when there is a 13th month added.
ReplyDeleteNoahs flood proves a luni-solar calendar. The Masoretic text, which wasn't invented (translated) until the 9th century, states the flood started on the 17th day of the 2nd month. So whats the problem? The problem is that EVERY SINGLE copy of the book of Genesis ever written prior to the 9th century false Masoretic text says that the flood actually started on the 27th day of the 2nd month. Yup, you heard that right, every single copy of Genesis ever found prior to the 9th century (almost 1000 years AFTER the life of Christ) declares that it was the 27th day, NOT the 17th day of the 2nd month. That's a huge deal when calculating how long Noahs flood really lasted. The difference between the 17th day to the 27th day is NOT 11 days like the author claimed. its only 10 days. But why did the Masoretic texts attempt to add 10 days to the flood timeline? All scholars agree that they were attempting to make the year 364 days, solar days. because the books of Enoch and Jubilees state that a complete year MUST always be 364 days. What the Masoretic translators failed to understand is that Enoch and Jubilees only say a "complete" year is 364 days. Not all years on a luni-solar calendar are complete. year 1 will have 354 days. year 2 has 354 days, then year 3 has 384 days. the year with 384 days has an added 13th month, making the 3 total years now COMPLETE. add up 354+354+384 and you get 1092 total days. divide this by 3 and you get exactly 364 days (a complete year). The 13th month makes the no complete year now completed!
ReplyDeleteAnyways, Noahs flood started on the 27th day of the 2nd month. The rain started on the 27th day, but also, the waters started prevailing that day also. Were told the flood gates AND the fountains of the great deep were opened. this literally defines "prevailing". It would have been extreme chaos from the day the rain started (aka PREVAILING). Many make the error of county the 40 days of rain SEPERATE from the 150 days of the waters prevailing. This isn't possible. it only rained for 40 days, but the waters started prevailing when the flood gates were opened the same day the rain started. After the waters prevailed for 150 days, THEN the waters abated/decreased for 150 days. were told the mountain tops were finally visible on the 1st day of the 10th month. That means the waters still covered the entire surface of the earth. That means the waters were still in the process of abating/decreasing. Then, at the end of 40 days, Noah let a Raven and a Dove out. The earth was still covered in water, therefore the 150 day abating period is still occurring. the dove comes back and is sent out 2 more times, spanning 14 more days. The dove doesn't return after the 14th day, which means the waters are FINALLY done abating. Coincidently were told it is now the 1st day of the new year, Noahs 601st year. This establishes all the proper days needed to determine how long Noahs 600th year lasted. We know Noah remained in the ark until the 27th day of the 2nd month during his 601st year, but those days are irrelevant for determining how many days were in his 600th year, the flood time-line.
so from the 27th day of the 2nd month (600th year) the waters prevailed for 150 days. then they abated 150 days. that takes us to the 1st day of the new year (601st year). Now we have to add the first 26 days of that 2nd month with the 29 days not counted yet from the 1st month of that 600th year. 150+150+26+29=354 days total for Noahs 600th year. Proving a luni-solar calendar. Disproving a 360 day, 364 day, and a 365.25 day calendar to be false during the timeline of Noahs flood.