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A DISPUTATION. On the chronology of sacred Scripture from Adam to the flood, which Moses set forth in the fifth chapter of the Book of Genesis.1
DISPUTATIO. De chronologia sacrae Scripturae ab Adamo usque ad diluvium, quam exposuit Moses, capite quinto Libri Geneseos.
AD institutam designatamque a nobis interpretandi huius libri rationem pertinet, ut hoc loco breviter exponamus Chronologiam, quae tempus ab Adami creatione usque ad diluvium Noe transactum continet. Nam quia nonnihil in ea difficultatis inest, nostram explicationem simul, & iudicium, ac sententiam ea res desiderat, atque deposcit.
To the established and designated plan by which we interpret this book, it pertains that we should here briefly set forth the Chronology which contains the time that passed from the creation of Adam to the flood of Noah. For because there is some difficulty in it, that matter desires and demands our explanation, and at the same time our judgment and opinion.2
Translator’s notes
- Major divider: the disputation on the Genesis-5 chronology (Adam to the flood) that Pererius had earlier deferred ('de hac varietate supputationum infra disputabimus'). Verso running head 'COMMENTARIORVM' number '774'; true printed page 784. ↩
- Pererius's plan requires setting forth the chronology from Adam's creation to Noah's flood; because it has difficulties, it needs his explanation and judgment. ↩