Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

Marianne:

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.

Karl W. Randolph.

----- Original Message -----
From: MarianneLuban AT aol.com

> In a message dated 8/27/2004 2:09:29 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> kwrandolph AT email.com writes:
> 
> 
> > What did Josephus know about the Hebrew calandar? We have indication that 
> > it had ceased to be used 500 years before Josephus. Even in Tanakh, the 
> > post-exilic writings named the months according to Aramaic names, 
> > indicating that 
> > the Hebrew calandar was already then not being used, let alone centuries 
> > later. That will also explain why for your claim that most historical 
> > mentions of 
> > Hebrew religious feasts don’t coincide with the first and seventh months.
> 
> This is easily answered.  The Torah does not mention any months by 
> names--only numbers, just as the ancient Egyptians did until quite late.  
> However, 
> Josephus can have known that the month once known by a number came to be 
> called 
> "Pharmouti" and the new calendar of the Hebrews, which was both a lunar and 
> a 
> solar one, had a month with a number that later came to be called "Nisan".  
> "Aviv" perhaps refers to the spring soltice, although I have nothing firm 
> to say 
> about that subject.
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