Questions tagged [calendar]
Questions about calendars referenced or used by the Biblical text, or questions about translating dates between calendars.
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Ancient Hebrew Calendar(s) and Modern Translations of "Years"
When we read Genesis or Samuel/Kings/Chronicles (or any OT book that attempts any sort of reliable chronology), what are reasonable meanings of the word (translated) "year?"
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1 Samuel 20:18: How was the First of the Month / New Moon Determined?
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• Calculating months and weeks in the Mosaic Law
• Astronomy.SE/How Soon Could a Waxing Crescent Moon Be ...
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Calculating months and weeks in the Mosaic Law
Is the Law of Moses based on the lunar calendar?
According to Genesis 8:3-4 the ark of Noah rested on Mount Ararat "on the 17th day of the seventh month."
Genesis 8:3-4 (NASB)
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Luke 1 - What time of the year were John and Jesus born?
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Given the specific details from the passages, is it possible to infer an approximate time of the year when John and Jesus were born?
Or, are certain times of the year excluded by the text?
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Was Methuselah literally 969 years old when he died?
In so many passages in the Bible, it is said that many figures such as Methuselah lived many many years. For example, Genesis 5:27 (NASB):
Thus all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-...
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What is the correct date the Israelites arrived at Sinai?
After leaving Egypt, the Israelites traveled to Mount Sinai. Exodus 19:1 records their arrival:
בחדש השלישי לצאת בני־ישראל מארץ מצרים ביום הזה באו מדבר סיני
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What calendar used in first century Judea by author of gospel of John?
Different calendars have emerged throughout history ie. Julian, revised Julian, Gregorian. These calendars are generally solar or lunar or both (lunisolar). Jews used lunisolar in Tannaitic period ...
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What does "in the month of XXX" mean for postexilic Jews?
In Nehemiah 2:1 we read:
"And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of
King Artaxerxes..."
What did the Jews in the postexilic era mean when they only mentioned the month ...
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Can someone explain the Biblical calendar in layman language?
As a Christian, I've read most of the Bible and though there's still more books and chapters to go, I've always struggled in understanding the calendar system that the Israelites used in the Old ...
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What calendar was used in the first books of the Bible? [duplicate]
Reading Leviticus, I found several verses relatives to months and dates. And I wondered how long those months were and how were they measured.
I know that the modern Hebrew calendar is a lunar ...
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Is this interpretation of Daniel's 70 weeks bulletproof? Dating "Nisan 20th year of Artaxerxes to March 4, 444 BC
The paper The Prophecy of Prophecies: Correcting Harold Hoehner Interpretation of Daniel’s 70 Weeks has been catching my eye. The view presented hinges on a few things described by the author that I ...
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Does Leviticus 23 Contradict the Rabbinical Sunset Reckoning of Calendar Days?
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If a "Jewish Calendar Day" is from Sunset to Sunset, and if the 10th is Yom Kippur, then does Leviticus 23 create a contradiction by excluding the daytime portion of the 10th?
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Are there any existing double or triple dates for the 1st century Christian/Judaean calendar?
One of the tricky problems in early Christian history is determining the exact calendars used in the 1st century AD. There were three different calendars at use in Judea and Galilee during the 1st ...
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Why is the date of Pentecost calculated similar to the Saddusaical method?
From my (limited) understanding Christians are an offshoot of the Pharisaic traditions.
As explained in The Jewish Babylonian Talmud (and many other places..),
according to the Hazal, the Jewish ...
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Luke 23:54 - Historical Evidence that the Jewish Calendar Day began at Sunrise?
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- Luke 23:54 - How should "Sabbath Dawning" be Interpreted?
- Historical Evidence of the Sabbath Rest ...
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