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  • From: MarianneLuban AT aol.com
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: Hebrew month names, was [b-hebrew] Thera quote
  • Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 00:44:11 EDT

In a message dated 8/29/2004 6:21:12 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
MarianneLuban AT aol.com writes:


> In a message dated 8/29/2004 6:06:02 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> kwrandolph AT email.com writes:
>
>
> > True, the only month I’ve found named in Torah was )BYB [Exodus 13:4,
> > 23:15, 34:18 Leviticus 2:14 Deuteronomy 16:1 ]. However, the month of ZW
> was
> > mentioned in 1 Kings 6:1, )TNYM in 1 Kings 8:2 and BWL in 1 Kings 6:28
> showing
> > that the Hebrew months had names that were forgotten during the
> > Babylonian
>
> > Exile. That they were named shows that the names were in use.
>
>
This website claims these pre-exilic month names are Phoenician.

http://www.bible-history.com/jewishyear/jewishyear_international_standard_bibl
e_encyclopaedia.html




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