A 12:46 99-06-28 -0700, G. Adam Stanislav a écrit :
>On Mon, Jun 28, 1999 at 06:17:07AM -0700, Alain wrote:
>> A 13:35 99-06-27 -0700, G. Adam Stanislav a écrit :
>>
>> [John]
>> >> The 7-day week is of Jewish origin,
>>
>> [Adam]
>> >Sorry, I seriously doubt that. That it is part of the Jewish tradition
is no
>> >doubt. That it is of Jewish *origin* is highly debatable. Most likely the
>> >Jewish tradition simply adopted a pre-existing system.
>>
>> [Alain] Just by curiosity, any example outside of the Jewish, Christian or
>> Muslim religions (which are indeed the same religion, if one thinks about
>> it with an open mind) ?
>
>I have simply expressed my doubts. I seem to recall to have been taught in
>grade school that our calendar was created by Babylonians. But that was close
>to forty years ago, so my memory is vague.
>
>[...]
>
>The Babylonians were much more into sciences than into faith. That makes
>it more likely (to me) that they developed a solid calendar system. That
>would also indicate they were less attached to their kind of wisdom and
>did not keep copying their ancient writings to preserve them from
>generation to generation.
>
>All I am saying is that it is *likely* that they adopted a pre-existing
>system. It is my humble opinion, not a scientific fact. I am not an
>expert on ancient cultures, I am a psychologist.
[Alain] All this is not contradictory. The fact is that today it is the
Jewish tradition which persisted while the other civilization to whih it
owes its evolution vanished culturally, at least.
And wasn't Abraham, (the father of Judaism and indirectly of
Christianism and Islam) born in Mesopotamia, i.e. Babylon, i.e. modern Irak
(Ur/Our)?
Alain LaBonté
Québec
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