Primary Ages of Adam and Seth
Original lunar/solar calendar systems discover the oldest trunk line of time reckoning and recording. The three oldest major calendars give us hybrid insight about early civilization. There are several accepted Bible chronologies. Most chronologies place the Deluge before 2,000 B.C.E. and the Exodus between 1,470 B.C.E. and 1,460 B.C.E. This work emphasizes the use of lunar/solar calendars rather than revising those existing chronologies. The Antediluvian Patriarchs knew astronomy, mathematics and entwined early theology with time. As a floating-king-list chronology, beginning or ending dates are ambiguous according to Gregorian calendar reckoning. Lunar/solar calendar design applies to Mesoamerican calendars.
One should remember that strict Judaism refers to Before Common Era with B.C.E initials regarding the Jewish Calendar. Any dates relevant to the Gregorian Calendar are recognized as B.C., for Before Christ. The traditional Jewish Calendar counts forward in linear order from the Creation year 1. The linear ages of the Antediluvian Patriarchs, plus progression through the life of Noah, amount 2,105 years at the Deluge. Another 1,656 years add to reach the first year of the Julian Calendar, thus 3,761 B.C.E. is the Jewish Calendar date for Creation. Modifications to the Roman Julian Calendar reach the A.D. Gregorian Calendar of today. The Jewish Calendar places the deluge of Noah at 2,105 B.C.E. and estimates Creation to have occurred 5,767 years ago in 2,006. Rabbi Hillel II introduced the present standardized version of the Jewish Calendar in 359 C.E, for Common Era, to 360 C.E. The spread of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire brought persecution to many Jewish believers. Romans