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The Curse of Cainan ( Jub . 8.1-5): Genealogies in Genesis 5 and Genesis 11 and a Mathematical Pattern

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Jacobus, Helen R.·2009·Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha
DOI 10.1177/0951820709103182
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This study suggests that Cainan (LXX Gen. 10.24; Gen. 11.12; [LXX A] 1 Chron. 1.18; Jub. 8.1-5; Lk. 3.36-37), the missing thirteenth patriarch from Adam in the genealogical table in Masoretic text (MT) and the Samaritan Pentateuch (SP) was known to the authors of the proto-MT, and the proto-SP. Using textual and chrono-genealogical analysis, it offers evidence to show that the thirteenth generation from the thirteenth generation from Adam had to contend with a curse. An arithmetical test on the variant chrono-genealogical data in Gen. 5 and Gen. 11 in the MT, SP, LXX Vaticanus (B), LXX Alexandrinus (A) and the Peshitta show that the ages and `begetting' ages of the ancestors across the recensions create an integrated mathematical model. It would appear that the variant data in the texts was compiled by the same mathematical school of Jewish scholars, probably in Palestine and Alexandria. The arithmetical paradigm takes into account Cainan's presence in LXX B and LXX A and his absence in the proto-MT, proto-SP and the Peshitta. It is likely that the Gen. 5 and Gen. 11 chrono-genealogies can be dated to between the compilation of the LXX Genesis, in the third century BCE and the schism between the Samaritans and the Jews in the second century BCE.

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Authors
Jacobus, H. R.
Affiliations
University of Manchester (GB)
Corresponding author
Jacobus, Helen R.
ORCID
Jacobus, Helen R.
Venue
Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2009-03
Volume
18
Issue
3
Pages
207-232
ISSN
  • 0951-8207 (ISSN-L)
  • 1745-5286
DOI
10.1177/0951820709103182
OpenAlex
W1968969897
Semantic Scholar
850f4eea7175af79ed0e2c62fad4809b77e23d80
Cited by
3
References
17
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2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1
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0.00
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journal article
Language
en
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  • Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha (publishedVersion)
  • Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Classical Studies and Philology
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis
Keywords
Genesis 5, Genesis 11, genealogy, patriarchs, curses, Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Masoretic text, Peshitta, textual variants, Hellenistic Judaism

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