> >The week was obviously born in the Semitic tradition. Which raises the
> >question of what was the original first day of the week.
> >
> >a) ...and on the seventh day HE rested... Well, the rest day is Sunday,
so
> >day one must have been Monday.
>
> The rest day was moved from Saturday to Sunday in the Christian tradition.
> Biblically speaking, it is the Jewish sabbath (Saturday) that would
> correspond to the "Seventh day" in Genesis.
Good point. I'm going to sit out any further attempt to identify that day,
as its too fraught with reality and I don't want to offend.
btw, anyone else notice that the increase in posters and general poor
manners has coincided sharply with the Easter holidays? Hopefully we'll be
back to normal when school resumes.
--
Fabian
The human didn't notice. Did other cats have this problem with their pets?