Restorations of original readings, that are made possible by the LXX or by other ancient texts and VSS, are welcomed but no humanly devised conclusions, whether they are based on ancient secular records or conscious emendations of OT data (as in Jos. The authority of the historical and chronological assertions of the OT is thus accepted, as well as that of any NT references that have a bearing upon them. Christ’s designation of Genesis 2:24 as equivalent to the words of God the Creator ( Matt 19:5). Evangelical Christians are committed to Biblical inspiration cf. Proper procedures, however, are necessary for achieving accuracy.Ī.
To date the events of the OT serves both to clarify their sequence in Biblical history and to emphasize their reality in time and space. The arrangement of OT events in time, including their dates and correlation with secular history.
