Re: Bibliography

On Sat, 27 Mar 1999 22:15:06 -0500 Carlos Thompson
<chlewey@...> writes:
>Steg Belsky wrote:
>> As far as i know, isn't Pentecost the English name for the Jewish
>holiday
>> of Shavu`ot?
>> What would be so weird about Easter and Shavu`ot (which happens to
>be 2
>> days outside of Israel) falling out on the same day?  They do go by
>> different calendars, afterall...
>I don't think so, historically Easter is related with Pesahh, but I
>don't
>remember enything in the bible which relate Pentecost whith any Jewish
>holiday.  Any how, Pentecost is always seven weeks (fifty days) after
>Easter.
Well, Shavu`ot is always 50 days after the second day of Pesahh.  The 49
days in between are known as Sefirat-ha`Omer, "the counting of the Omer".
 a `omer is an ancient measurement of how much barley was brought to the
Temple in Jerusalem for Yom haNeif, "waving day", when the priests did a
ceremony with it.

in the Bible, Vayiqra' (Leviticus) 23:4-21 gives a ritual-centric
description of Pesahh, the Sefirah, and Shavu`ot.  Shavu`ot is also known
in English as "the Feast of Weeks" (a translation from the Hebrew), due
to the counting of the "7 full weeks" before it.

Maybe it's a different "Pentecost"....
Another "Pascua"-type ambiguity?


-Stephen (Steg)

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