Can you explain a Hebrew Calender & it's similarities & differences with Islamic, Christian, & Pagan Calendars

Question

I am especially interested in the dating and actual timing of religious holy days.

I wish to add "with the seasons."

Answer 1

I don't know anything about Islamic Calendars but I do know a bit about the Hebrew Calendar and I guess the "Christian Calendar.

Christian Calendar = Pagan Calendar i.e. Gregorian sun based calendar centered around sun worship. Major Holidays

Christmas - The Birth of The Sun God
Easter - Worship of the Goddess of Fertility

Hebrew Calendar = Moon based some say off the conjunction but the talmud says from the first crescent moon. Also I believe how most pagan cultures and Islam figure their months

The Hebrew Calendar in use today is the Hillel 2 Calendar and is a calculated calendar that rarely puts the beginning of each month on the true day of the sighting of the first crescent but usually lands somewhere inbetween the conjunction and the crescent. At the time it was put into use it allowed the Jewish community all over the world to keep the Holy Days all on the same day. However with the advent of the internet it is now possible for the "sighting of the crescent" to be broadcast or proclaimed all over the world in a matter of minutes so the Hillel 2 Calendar has outlived its usefullness.

The Hebrew Calendar starts its month count in the spring around the equinox. Some base the start on the equinox however there is no biblical injunction to do so rather it says to begin the year at the first new moon after the barley has reached the Aviv state. Its interesting that this usually happens right around the time of the equinox and the New moon every year. This puts the barley as ripe during the time of Passover so that there is a wave sheaf offering to offer.

Major holidays
Passover (14th day of the first month) and the days of unleavened bread (15th -th 21st day of the Second month and the wave sheaf offering (first day after the weekly sabbath that falls during Unleavened Bread) - 1st month - Gregorian month usually April but sometimes as early as March

Penticost - 3rd month - 50 days after the wave sheaf offering. usually corresponds to late May early June.

Day of Trumpets often misnamed Rosh Hashonna (head of the year even though scripture says that the first month is in the spring) (1st day of the seventh Month) Usually in September

Day of Atonement or Yom Kippur (10th day of the seventh month) - Usually in late September but as late as early October some years.

Feast of Tabernacles and the Last Great Day (15th day - 22nd day of the seventh month) - Late September to Late October depending on when the first month begins.

This subject is huge, I hope my brief outline is a help otherwise you can contact me for more information.

Answer 2

The Jews actually used 2 calendars. Solar (mainly for business, etc.) and a religious Lunar calendar. This was mainly done in Rome and it was due to the fact that many Romans used a Solar calendar - they had to keep up with the society they were in for daily stuff, but the lunar one is based on the sunset counting as "Dawn"/beginning of the day (THe Sabbath would start at sunset on Friday and end at Sunset on Saturday - the "dawn of the first day of the week" is actually Saturday night) Many Pagan societies used a lunar calendar as well. As for dating - today on the Jewish calendar is 9 Elul 5767 - August 23, 2007. I believe their "new year" starts in March? (I could be terribly wrong on that)

I have no idea how Islam dating is. I haven't really studied that religion or that culture enough to be able to answer. The Celts and other ancient people (The Celts were almost completely taken over by the time Julius Ceasar was killed) mainly used the moon to count time. Normally there are 13 full moons in our year, so instead of 12 months, they had 13. I have seen some evidence that they also had 10 day weeks, instead of 7, but I'm not sure about the validity of that.

The Jewish Holy Days are usually on our calendars with the exception of the High Holy Days (like the Festival of Booths, which is coming up.)

Here's a website that might help you.


http://www.aish.com/holidays/

Answer 3

Well, the Calendar traditionally used by Wiccans, based on Murray's (erroneous) research begins a day at sunset, as the traditional Hebrew Calendar does.
Also, this is reflected in the concept of New Year's being in the fall.

Is that what you're looking for?
I know you know this, though....


OR....are you pointing out that by traditional reckoning it is now Pagan Friday, as the sun just set (is setting?) in London?

Answer 4

Now you see why research is so important, any time someone says here believe this check it out for yourself. These similarity are well known in the theological community, and still Christians believe as they do. Have you read books by, S. Acharya "Suns of God " explains just what you are reveling. The sad thing is their superstition is so strong that they will not allow themselves to accept the truth, because their entire lives and and emotional connections are based on the fable. They will go so far as to say you must be possessed, by their made up Satan. Good luck.

Answer 5

Question.
Sorry, but this is not an answer. Nor is it a slam on 1/3 of the world s population.

Of the calendars previously mentioned, What is the year on each, and how is that year derived?

Thank you