Discovering the exact date when Adam was created has seen a conflicting assortment of claims and counterclaims. The 1911 Catholic Encyclopedia states that there are over 200 attempts to set a date.1 By 1830, Rev. William Hales compiled a list of 120 dates from various sources that attempted to work out a chronology of biblical dates.2 The dates chosen range from long dates 6984 BC and 6484 BC by Alfonso X of Spain working in the 1200s, to the earliest date of 3616 BC by Rabbi Lipman working in the 17th century.
Other notable dates include:
Josephus’ four dates of 5555, 5481, 5402, 4698
Hales’ date of 5411
Vatican Septuagint date of 5270
Venerable Bede’s date of 5199
Ussher, Spanheim, Calmet and Blair’s date of 4004
Kepler’s date of 3993
Melanchthon’s date of 3964
Luther’s date of 3961
Lightfoot’s date of 3960
Cornelius a Lapide’s date of 3951.