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  • From: "George Athas" <gathas AT mail.usyd.edu.au>
  • To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Sabbath Origins
  • Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1999 16:25:25 +1100


> As I have pointed out, the order in Hosea is new moons, sabbaths and feast
> days. In Chronicles it is sabbaths, new moons and feast days. Chronicles
> changes this order because it was written after the move from the full moon
> sabbath to the seventh day sabbath and because of [...]

The evidence isn't compelling. There's no real link between Sabbath and Full
Moon
festivals that is concrete. You still have to find an equation between the
two. Perhaps
there is one, but the evidence presented thus far isn't that convincing.
Still, it's a
worthwhile search.

Best regards,
George Athas
Dept of Semitic Studies,
University of Sydney
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