The traditional calender runs from Sunday to Saturday so why is Sunday classed as part of the "weekend"
2007-04-14 23:46:12 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
I don't know the answer, but I want to add that that is only the way in the US. In Europe,the calenders always start on Monday.
It might have to do with the fact that in the Bible, God created the world in six days and then rested on the seventh day. The Jewish people used Saturday as the seventh day-the day of rest. When Jesus came, the Christians changed the day of rest to Sunday to show that everything is now changed. But in the beginning of the world, Saturday was the seventh day, and Sunday was made part of the weekend when it became a day of rest, too.
2007-04-14 23:58:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most calenders now start the week with Monday with Sunday being, technically, the 'Day of Rest' as described in the Bible after God took six days to create the world. However in the Jewish calender Saturday is the 'Day of Rest'. Both days are named the 'Sabbath' by both Christians and Jews.
However In Judaism the seventh day of the week was ordained by God in the Pentateuch as a day of rest for the benefit of His people. It was reckoned from sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday so, technically, was not the whole of either day and could vary depending on the seasons. The early Christian Church soon substituted Sunday as the sabbath and a day of rest and worship because the Resurrection of Christ took place on the first day of the (Jewish) week. Naturally this change was ignored by Judaism as they do not recognise Jesus as the Messiah, merely just another prophet.
2007-04-15 00:29:11 · answer #2 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In the Christian world Sunday is the day of rest, the Sabbath.
Maybe Sunday is the front end and Saturday is the rear end of the week.
2007-04-14 23:59:47 · answer #3 · answered by Hamish 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Most folks worked six days a week until the unions changed everything. Sunday has always been the traditional first day of the week. That is why Jewish folks have the Sabbath on Saturday.
2016-05-20 03:27:35 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that the premise of this question is wrong. The traditional 'working week' is Mon-Fri so on that basis Sunday is a day at the end of the week. In the case of industries/services run 24/7 you could feasibly argue that any day is a weekend day, ie:- it is the end of your/their working week.
2007-04-15 00:30:25 · answer #5 · answered by qbrblclub 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The "week" is mon-fri, with sunday at one end (the beginning) and saturday at the other end.
2007-04-15 06:26:20 · answer #6 · answered by wiscoteach 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because we are resting and we start work again on monday, so although, yes it is the beginning of the week, it is also the end of the resting period.
2007-04-15 08:23:57 · answer #7 · answered by yahoobloo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because we celebrate the end of the previous week on sunday, it got that name
2007-04-15 00:10:26 · answer #8 · answered by gowri s 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because after the day of rest, you start work again.
2007-04-15 00:15:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋