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i'd like to remind all the posters and those who read this thread that much of what has been said is either pure speculation about filling in gaps in Genesis' chronology or something dreamt up that has nothing to do with the authoritative biblical texts.
i believe the intention of the original post was to discuss this within the context of the biblical account. any mention of lilith or eve being created first is based upon ancillary documents that are not accepted in the torah.
thingstodo:
the question of biblical accuracy has nothing to do with your feelings or whims. historical fact is outside of us all. as for historical accuracy, nearly all of the events that can be independently corroborated do line up with old testament accounts. granted, there are a few chronological discrepencies and there are many events that have not been independently verified. since we are talking about genesis... the torah and all mosaic law has been held without deviation for millenia. a torah today is identical to one made 25 centuries ago. there are arguments to be made for translation problems, but that simply isn't true here.
and i hope this doesn't come off as smug, but i think you meant Constantine, not Constantinople. The first was the Roman emperor, the second was a city named in his honor.
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