home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: alt.messianic
- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!news.funet.fi!polaris!polaris.utu.fi!ljmorly
- From: ljmorly@polaris.utu.fi (Laura Johanna Manninen)
- Subject: Re: Length of years (was Re: ***MoJ: Proof 1: The Amazing Prophecy***)
- In-Reply-To: krulwich@zowie.ils.nwu.edu's message of Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:01:58 GMT
- Message-ID: <LJMORLY.93Jan25214624@polaris.utu.fi>
- Sender: news@polaris.utu.fi (Usenet News admin)
- Organization: University of Turku
- References: <KRULWICH.93Jan20103948@zowie.ils.nwu.edu> <1993Jan21.172455.14665@ucl.ac.uk>
- <1993Jan22.163414.6565@udel.edu>
- <1993Jan22.171745.7456@engage.pko.dec.com>
- <KRULWICH.93Jan25110158@zowie.ils.nwu.edu>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 21:46:24
- Lines: 39
-
- In article <KRULWICH.93Jan25110158@zowie.ils.nwu.edu> krulwich@zowie.ils.nwu.edu (Bruce Krulwich) writes:
- > pub@riscee.pko.dec.com (Publius) writes:
- > > carroll@bifur.cis.udel.edu (Mark C. Carroll) writes:
- > > >There is _no_ evidence of _any_ use of a 360 day calendar.
-
- > > Babylonians were known to use a 360 day calender, which is consistent with
- > > their use of base 60 arithmetics. Remember that the Book of Daniel was
- > > written in Babylonian Exile. It is perfectly appropriate for it to use the
- > > Babylonian 360 day year.
-
- > Baloney. Jews have always based everything religious on the Jewish calendar.
- > Look at history and you'll find that elements of the calendars of the nations
- > in which we've resided have never been adopted. If fact, Jews have been so
- > resilient about this that among the common anti-semitic decrees made by
- > friendly cristian governments of the diaspora (such as prohibiting bris mila
- > and Kosher food) was to prohibit calendrical calculations and celebrations of
- > the new months.
-
- > We've always used the same religious calendar, and it is this calendar, with
- > leap year additions, that G-d was obviously using in prophesies.
-
- Just a side note: Bill Coleman has an alternative interpretation for
- this prophesy (which Bruce Tiffany btw refuted), and he uses a 360-day-
- year as well...
-
- And I'd refrain from sticking ideas into God's head...
-
- > Dov (Bruce) Krulwich
- > krulwich@ils.nwu.edu
-
- - Laura
-
- --
- "Who has gone up to heaven and come down ?
- Who has gathered up the wind in the hollow of his hands ?
- Who has wrapped up the waters in his cloak ?
- Who has established all the ends of the earth ?
- What is his name, and the name of his son ?
- Tell me if you know !" - Mishlei 30:4
-