---------- # 1. Question - *a Reference Request* # Up to, and including, the Second Period Temple, *What are the earliest texts and evidences substantiating - **that the Jewish Calendar day began at Sunset***? ---------- # 2. Evidences up to and including the the Second Temple Period : # So, not Chrysostom - who may have relied on Rabbinic/Pharasaic authority after the Sadducees had been removed: > **[Homilies on Matthew (Chrysostom 349-407 CE), Homily 81][7]** - ... ***he means the day before that feast; for they are accustomed always to reckon the day from the evening*** ...; **Or, Scriptural Evidence:** If an answer appeals to a supposed "Plain Meaning of Scripture" and has to explain that "plain meaning" - then, it is not a plain meaning. If it is truly "Plain" - ***then just provide the text***, without commentary, flow charts, calendar diagrams, slideshow presentations, etc. <sup> ***Related:*** <br/>- http://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/27492/historical-evidence-that-the-jewish-calendar-day-began-at-sunrise <br/>- http://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/22124/luke-2354-how-should-sabbath-dawning-be-interpreted <br/>- http://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/21512/do-idioms-used-in-the-crucifixion-narrative-resolve-the-3-day-3-night-objectio <br/>- http://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/8861/time-in-first-century-judaism <br/>- http://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/22378/historical-evidences-that-the-sabbath-began-at-sunset </sup> [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_timekeeping#Beginning_of_the_Roman_day [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mishnah [4]: http://wikipedia [5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_reasoning [6]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presentism_(literary_and_historical_analysis) [7]: http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/200181.htm [8]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardes_(Jewish_exegesis) [9]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesher [10]: http://biblehub.com/interlinear/ezra/4-7.htm [11]: http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/14248-targum [12]: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14454b.htm