Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Marianne:

The modern “Hebrew” month names are taken from the Babylonians. I have found 
four month names in Tanakh and not one of the names are the same as the 
Babylonian names. That the ancient Hebrew names are not used today (even 
Nehemiah used the Babylonian month names) and except for the four months 
named in Tanakh, I have not found any list of Hebrew month names, I have come 
to the conclusion that they were forgotten, at least by Jews after the 
Babylonian Captivity.

As for why ancient Jews forgot their month names? Any answer I could give 
would be speculation with a probability that it is wrong.

Karl W. Randolph.

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

> 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.
> 
> I thought the months of the Hebrew calendar were taken from the 
> Babylonians.  
> So, if that is so, why would the names of the months be forgotten during 
> the 
> Babylonian exile?

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