or did the notion of some 7 day period of time that might mean something exist before then? Come to think, it's really only a quarter of a moon's cycle, isn't it? About that? But did the specific time period of 7 days mean anything before the book of Genesis was written?
2007-04-14 07:19:13 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
info-cop - I fully expected that, then I looked and w'pedia's not all that clear on the dates.
James, I can ask, like this, and find out too. And that quote (from Genesis) is kind of why I did ask - I really need a reference from outside the bible to prove it.
Nick, careful, the Gregorian calendar is named after a saint who came by long after Genesis.
2007-04-14 07:50:26 · update #1
yes but also a number of other cultures such as early hindus also had 7 day weeks and some had weeks based numbers of days other than 7, the reason we have a 7 day week is because of the influence of the gregorian calendar
most of the people that just give these glib "yes!" answers don't really know much about the subject
2007-04-14 07:36:17 · answer #1 · answered by Nick F 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The solar calendar was adopted, before the lunar calendar was discarded. Lunar calendars are still used by some. At the time, people were changing from hunter gatherers (hunting mostly at night), to farmers (working all day). Society, religion, government, and science reflected that change. Genesis was probably written down around the time of Moses. Egypt ruled. Egypt was flip-flopping between monotheistm (sun-god), and polytheism(moon-god).
People thought in terms of numerals, more than numbers. A good example, is the numerals of Jesus's geneology. The entire Old Testament, is organized on those 70 numerals. Every 7th numeral is a significant ancestor of Jesus. Also every 10th. No other numerals in the chain are significant.
Appperantly, numerology held the number 7 and 10 in high regard from the beginning of the oral tradition that was first recorded by Moses, in Genesis.
2007-04-14 07:40:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay lets see the Holy Bible and lets read what it really says shall we, in Genesis 1:5 ...evening and morning were the first day, verse 8 and evening and morning were the second day, sundown to sundown is God's way of saying that is my way of telling time and by the way the first day of creation is 24 hours like today also there is only ONE reason for the seven day cycle, okay the earth goes around the sun in about 365 days, thus the year, and the moon every thirty days is a new moon but the seven day a week is for only one reason, i invite you to READ WHAT IT SAYS in Gen. 2:1-3 The Seventh Day Sabbath [which is from sundown Friday until sundown Saturday] is The Sabbath [Sunday is the first day and has NEVER been called holy and if God never made it Holy you don't keep it holy either] and that is the reason for the seven day week visit a Seventh Day Adventist Church in your area Sabbath [Saturday] morning, free bible lessons www.amazingfacts.org God bless talk to me also wgr88@yahoo.com
2007-04-14 07:29:58 · answer #3 · answered by wgr88 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a million) Universe - made up of area, time and count - isn't implied in Genesis. in addition to, many data of Genesis are incorrect: flowers got here previously sunlight, extra suitable and lesser lights furniture, lesser mild being moon yet moon does no longer emit mild. 2) actual writing of OT became into dated around 450 BC, and there have been many plenty in the previous works (of Greek philosophers and thinkers) that dealt with count, area and time, or maybe had theories of globe formed earth; 3) OT became into canonized between two hundred BC and two hundred advert, and which potential in canonizing, many revisions, redactions, ameliorations, variations, manipulations ought to exist to replace the main up-tp-date available information; different texts older than the bible have their introduction memories that are with the aid of a approaches much less contradictory whilst in comparison with our information of modern-day technological know-how. For eg., Tao's information of all source from nothingness or the unnamed (Quantum's concept).
2016-12-16 05:44:44 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Somebody is going to cut and past a long exerpt from wikipedia. I'd suggest looking there yourself, it has an interesting history of the week. It is probably as old as agrarian society, being the marking time for when everyone went to market to trade things. So that goes back 10,000, or older than the Bible.
2007-04-14 07:23:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it was invented by the writers of Genesis then why is it named after Pagan gods?
Monday: Mani, the German Moon God.
Tuesday: Tyr, the Nordic God of War.
Wednesday: Wodan, the German God of Wisdom, War, Battle and Death
Thursday: Thor, the Norse God of Thunder
Friday: Frigg, the Germanic Goddess of Beauty
Saturday: Saturn, the Roman God of Agriculture
Sunday: Solaris, the Roman God of the Sun
2007-04-14 07:38:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you would study you would know
God said "Remember the seventh day to keep it holy. Six days yea shall labor and do thy work but the seventh day is the Sabboth unto the Lord your God."
I use this verse to define a week, That is what God said
2007-04-14 07:29:39 · answer #7 · answered by j.wisdom 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The week was invented when people realized that it was how long God took to create us and the universe.
2007-04-14 07:23:25 · answer #8 · answered by Templar 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The concept was given by God, so yes.
2007-04-14 07:22:38 · answer #9 · answered by RB 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes
2007-04-14 07:21:51 · answer #10 · answered by twinklestar 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋