Hi musicman,
Do the scriptures say that any of these people Ray mentioned, as being alive at the same time?
I thinks Ray used a timeline that does indicate that there was people's lives that overlapped. So this would make it possible for this "book" to only have to change hands a few times.
In a Bible study a few months back Ray gave a short timeline of important Biblical dates. I will try to reproduce that here.
DATES TO REMEMBER
Things make a lot more sense if we can put them into some sort of a frame of reference.
Mobile - south USA - North America - earth - solar system - Milky Way Galaxy.............
We will start with Adam and Eve and move forward:
Adam and Eve ----------------------------------4000-BC
Cain murders Abel -------------------------------3900- wheel is
Methuselah is born-------------------------------3250- invented
Adam dies age 930 ------------------------------3000+ 3700
Noah is born ------------------------------------2885
Noah's flood [Methuselah dies at 969] ------------2285
Babel, languages confused -----------------------2150+ copper & gold
Abraham born -----------------------------------1995 mined
Noah dies age 950 [500 pre&post flood]-----------1935
Sodom & cities burned ---------------------------1900-
Isaac [Abraham's (100 yrs old) first son] is born ---1895
Jacob & Esau born -------------------------------1835
Jacob & Leah have 6 sons in 7 yrs -
[first children of Israel] ---------------------------1777
Joseph viceroy of Egypt [famine ends] -------------1700
Israel prospers in Egypt for 150 yrs ----------------1600 King 'Tut' reigns
Israel slaves of Egypt for 175 yrs ------------------1450 9 yrs - 1350
Moses leads exodus [Ten Commandments]----------1275
Israel invades Canaan and
walls of Jericho fall --------------------------------1234 Pyramid building
Philistines in Canaan -------------------------------1190 in Mexico
Samson is born ------------------------------------1090
Samuel leads Israel for 40 yrs ----------------------1050-
David born at Bethlehem ---------------------------1034
Saul first king of Israel -----------------------------1025
David king of Israel - rules for 40 yrs. ---------------1000+
David dies at age 69 and
Solomon rules 40 yrs - begins building temple ---------965 Greek writer
Solomon turns all Israel to idolatry -------------------935 Homer - 800
Elijah & Baal priests ---------------------------------860+
Jonah - Assyria's enemy -----------------------------777 Hanging Gardens
Israel falls to Assyria --------------------------------700 of Babylon,
Babylon takes Judah - Temple burned - Buddha in China
Ezekiel, Daniel, Jeremiah -----------------------------600- Confucius - 550
Zechariah calls for new Temple -----------------------520
Worship restored by Malachi, Ezra & Nehemiah --------450 Plato in Athens
Books of OT are now called Scripture -----------------350 Socrates 400
Temple built in Samaria and
Alexander conquers Palestine peacefully --------------333
Egypt rules Palestine 100 yrs., many Jews in Egypt ----300
Septuagint: the law from Hebrew to Greek ------------250
Antiochus III of Syria conquers Palestine --------------200
Antiochus IV defukes Temple - burns the Law and
dedicates it to Zeus ---------------------------------167
Antiochus V rescinds decree against Jewish Law and
Temple is rededicated = Hanukkah --------------------164
Rome rules Judea -------------------------------------64
Herod the Great is made king of the Jews and
rebuilds the Temple -----------------------------------37 world population
Jesus is born -----------------------------------------4-3 250 million
Resurrection -----------------------------------------30AD
Titus demolishes Jersalem & Judea ---------------------70
Hope this helps
mercy, peace and love
Kat