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muriel_volestrangler

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3. The Hebrew 7 day week is not unrelated - they all derive from the Sumerian one

Reply to Lionel Mandrake (Original post)

Thu Oct 13, 2022, 12:30 PM

Oct 2022

Which dates back to 2000 BC or earlier: https://www.livescience.com/45432-days-of-the-week.html

Whether they only adopted it during the Babylonian exile, or if they started using it some time in the preceding 1500 years (other features of their myths and religion, eg the "Flood", also originate there, and the myth of Abraham is that his family came from Mesopotamia; the content of the Bible is thought to have been orally transmitted for some time before the written form it took on around 500 BC), I don't think the origin is academically disputed. The 7th Sabbath day of rest is, as far as I know, a Hebrew innovation.

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Days of the Week [View all] Lionel Mandrake Oct 2022 OP

Thank you for this thorough telling, my dear Lionel Mandrake! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2022 #1

** sings ** OhZone Oct 2022 #2

The Hebrew 7 day week is not unrelated - they all derive from the Sumerian one muriel_volestrangler Oct 2022 #3

Thank you for the clarification. Lionel Mandrake Oct 2022 #6

I find no consensus among scholars about this. Lionel Mandrake Oct 2022 #10

I always figured it had something to do with the moon. hunter Oct 2022 #4

The relationship between "month" and "moon" is clear. Lionel Mandrake Oct 2022 #5

That 29.5 days wrt the Sun makes it closer to 12 "months" than 13 in a solar year muriel_volestrangler Oct 2022 #7

A calendar of 12 months of 28,29,30,or 31 days makes more sense? hunter Oct 2022 #8

I don't think you can call it an "overt rejection" muriel_volestrangler Oct 2022 #9