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== Points of Agreement ==

== Points of Agreement ==

The various camps agree on a number of key facts:

The various camps agree on a number of key facts:

# The genealogy in the [[Bible]] from [[Adam]] to [[Noah]], the date of the [[Global Flood]] in relation to [[Creation]], and the further genealogy from [[Shem]] son of Noah to [[Terah]] father of [[Abraham]], make a continuous timeline that all four camps accept virtually without question.

# The genealogy in the [[Bible]] from [[Adam]] to [[Noah]], the date of the [[Great Flood]] in relation to [[Creation]], and the further genealogy from [[Shem]] son of Noah to [[Terah]] father of [[Abraham]], make a continuous timeline that all four camps accept virtually without question.

# The further genealogy from [[Abraham]] through [[Isaac]] and [[Jacob]] and his sons forms another unquestioned interval of time--though the date of the ''birth'' of Abraham is in dispute (see below).

# The further genealogy from [[Abraham]] through [[Isaac]] and [[Jacob]] and his sons forms another unquestioned interval of time--though the date of the ''birth'' of Abraham is in dispute (see below).

# The groundbreaking of the [[Temple of Jerusalem]] took place in the 480th year following the [[Exodus]] from [[Egypt]]. This simple statement<ref>{{Bible ref|book=I_Kings|chap=6|verses=1|version=NASB}}</ref> ''does'' represent a point of dispute between these three camps on one hand, and the Late Date Camp on another. Specifically, the Thiele and Ussher camps are only forty-five years apart on the date of the Exodus, while the Late Date Camp dates the Exodus in 1290 BC, 201 years later than Ussher and 156 years later than Thiele. This would, if it could be shown, compress the period of the [[Judges]] greatly.

# The groundbreaking of the [[Temple of Jerusalem]] took place in the 480th year following the [[Exodus]] from [[Egypt]]. This simple statement<ref>{{Bible ref|book=I_Kings|chap=6|verses=1|version=NASB}}</ref> ''does'' represent a point of dispute between these three camps on one hand, and the Late Date Camp on another. Specifically, the Thiele and Ussher camps are only forty-five years apart on the date of the Exodus, while the Late Date Camp dates the Exodus in 1290 BC, 201 years later than Ussher and 156 years later than Thiele. This would, if it could be shown, compress the period of the [[Judges]] greatly.

The following synopsis (literally, a "view together") makes the following assumptions:

The following synopsis (literally, a "view together") makes the following assumptions:

# The [[Global Flood]] occurred 1656 years following [[Creation]], a point on which three of the four camps agree.<ref>The Late Date camp includes many theorists who reject either the historicity or the extent of the [[Global Flood]].</ref>

# The [[Great Flood]] occurred 1656 years following [[Creation]], a point on which three of the four camps agree.<ref>The Late Date camp includes many theorists who reject either the historicity or the extent of the [[Great Flood]].</ref>

# The Temple groundbreaking occurred exactly 479 years following the Exodus, another point of general agreement.

# The Temple groundbreaking occurred exactly 479 years following the Exodus, another point of general agreement.

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