Thursday, July 30, 2009

Calendar and the Flood

Dr. Couch, the 360 days calendar seems to be used in Genesis, Daniel, and Revelation. How does this fit in the length of days in the story of the Flood?

ANSWER: Yes, you pointed out that the Bible (and the ancients) used the lunar calendar rather than the solar year calculations. I'm not sure what problem you are having with this. In adding up the days for the length of the Flood we come up with the following for the length of the time period: 371 days. I do not see any conflicts or problems concerning the Flood days in Genesis. Maybe I'm missing something!

   Thanks for asking.
   Dr. Mal Couch