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Re: Bibliography

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Sunday, March 28, 1999, 3:30
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) ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]