https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah
> Said to have died at the age of 969, he lived the longest of all figures mentioned in the Bible.
Interestingly, Methuselah died the same year that the Flood happened, so you might assume he would have lived longer had his grandson not been instructed to build a party boat that he wasn't invited to...
Re:Age Reduction Breakthrough?
by Unknown_Unknown on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @06:41AM
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I believe in Islam Noah is believed to have lived 950 years. It took him a long time to build the arch.
The other story mentioned in the Quran is about a group of people and their dog who slept in a cave for 309 years and woke up afterwards. I believe they died shortly after. There is an actual chapter in the quran about this called the cave[1].
Re:Age Reduction Breakthrough?
by Cactus2018 on Monday May 11, 2020 @01:31PM
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Nota bene, lunar year vs solar year
that name rings a bell now that I see it. thanks!
edit: Found it on the wikipedia page you linked. I was thinking about Enoch, Methuselah's father, who lived to be 365 years old according to the bible.
I don't remember anyone mentioned living for _thousands_ of years. There are plenty of characters that live for hundreds, though. It is believed that Abraham lived to the age of 175, while I believe there was one character that lived into the 300's, but I do not recall their name. It has been a while since I delved into the old testament.