Timeline for Historical Evidence that the Jewish Calendar Day Began at Sunset?
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| Dec 12, 2017 at 20:49 | comment | added | conceptualinertia | I don't understand why you write that Exodus 12:17-29 implies that the day begins at sunrise. I thought that it implied the opposite. In fact, I don't know of anything in the Pentateuch that implies that the day begins at sunrise except for maybe Genesis 8:22 (and even that is weak). | |
| Apr 3, 2016 at 1:25 | comment | added | Dick Harfield | @elikakohen In view of your comment, was looking for a reference to when the Sadducees believed the day to start. I haven't found one, but I came across the notion of two evenings - the first when the sun touched the horizon and the second when it was completely dark. I then considered that "when evening had come" (Mark) could refer to the first of these 'evenings', while it was still Day of Preparation. | |
| Apr 3, 2016 at 1:10 | comment | added | Dick Harfield | @elikakohen A. My Greek is still too rudimentary to handle the aorist, so I defer to you. I wonder if the aorist is sufficiently indefinite, compared to the perfect tense? I would also point out that Mark does sometimes make mistakes at the level of minor detail at least. B. It was not I who said "It is beyond doubt mainstream Judaism understood 'day' to commence at sundown. " I merely cited Yosef Green, rabbi emeritus of Beit Knesset Moreshet Israel in Jerusalem . They were his words. | |
| Apr 2, 2016 at 23:56 | history | answered | Dick Harfield | CC BY-SA 3.0 |