Biblical Hebrew Forum

[James Christian <jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com>]

Hi,

thanks for that. That seemed to answer all of my questions for my. Most of
what they have to say seems to make good logical sense. I'm now convinced
that Aviv refers to a ripened stage of the barley and this was the main
factor for declaring the start of 'the month of ripened barley'.

thanks everyone for  your answers,

James Christian

2010/1/15 Richard <aaa AT endlyss.com>

> Hi James,
>
> This has been an interest of mine for some time as well.
>
> There is some treatment of this here:
> http://www.karaite-korner.org/abib_faq.shtml
>
> and here:
>
> http://www.karaite-korner.org/abib.shtml
>
> I am not a Karaite or plan on ever becoming one but they have many
> interesting things to say. They do observe Passover by the ripe barley and
> every year they have an in-depth Aviv search.
>
> Richard Conaway
>
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-hebrew-
> > bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of James Christian
> > Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 8:05 AM
> > To: b-hebrew
> > Subject: [b-hebrew] Aviv and Exodus 9:31
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > some time last year (about the time of Passover) I was interested in
> > researching how the Hebrews went about deciding the start of the year
> each
> > year. Obviously, this was a crucial task to determining the date of the
> > festival of Passover. In the course of my research I remember reading an
> > unsubstantiated claim that before the implementation of the various
> > mathematical systems of the Hebrew calendar the ancient Hebrews quite
> simply
> > looked each year for when the Barley was ripe. If it was not yet ripe
> then
> > they added another month to the year. If it was ripe it was declared that
> > the month of Aviv had started (at the new moon, of course). I remember
> > finding this proposition interesting and a good agriculturally based
> claim
> > but noted that the claim was not referenced in any way. Just today while
> > reading through Exodus I noticed verse 31 of chapter 9.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > James Christian
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