There is a theory that the ancient Jews had a lunar calendar rather than a solar calendar. So when they said in the Bible in the fifth chapter of Genesis that Adam lived to be 930 years old, Seth lived for a total of 912 years, Enosh lived 905 years, and so on – Noah of the Ark was 500 years old when he had his three sons – the Jews really meant months old rather than solar years old.
This would have made Methuselah, the oldest man in the Bible at 969 years old when he died, only 969 months old, or between 85 and 86 solar years old – ancient for a man about 4,000 years ago, but not impossible.
There is a theory that the ancient Jews had a lunar calendar rather than a solar calendar. So when they said in the Bible in the fifth chapter of Genesis that Adam lived to be 930 years old, Seth lived for a total of 912 years, Enosh lived 905 years, and so on – Noah of the Ark was 500 years old when he had his three sons – the Jews really meant months old rather than solar years old.
This would have made Methuselah, the oldest man in the Bible at 969 years old when he died, only 969 months old, or between 85 and 86 solar years old – ancient for a man about 4,000 years ago, but not impossible.
Fred Patten