u/LegNew6

As we all know, Genesis 5 lists people living upwards of 900 years. Are these ages supposed to interpreted literally by the author, based on our understanding on ancient Jewish storytelling? If I told pre-modern Christian and Jewish scholars that I didn't believe that those ages are literal, would they downright accuse me of disbelieving scripture?

I find it interesting that Enoch, the man who supposedly "Walked with God", died at 365- the exact amount of days in a year. Makes me wonder if these numbers may be symbolic and not literal.