Re: Naming days of the week and months of the year????

On Thu, 26 Apr 2001 15:14:26 +0100 Fabian <lajzar@...> writes:
> 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.
>
> b) Sunday is day one in most semitic languages.
>
> c) others?
>
> --
> Fabian
> The human didn't notice. Did other cats have this problem with their
> pets?
-

I don't see what the question is... the original "first day" was
"sunday".  Well, technically it was "saturday night" since in the Jewish
calendar 24-hour "day" periods begin at sunset.  in the Rokbeigalmki
calendar, on the other hand, they begin at sun *rise*. which makes the
Jewish and Rokbeigalmki calendars perpetually about half a day off from
eachother.


-Stephen (Steg)
 "hhag ha`atzma'ut sameiahh!"