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An Analysis and Summary of Old Testament History and the Laws of Moses
An Analysis and Summary of Old Testament History and the Laws of Moses Author:James Talboys Wheeler Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: JEWISH MONTHS. The Jews had two principal kinds of years?the textit{Ecclesiastical and the textit{Civil. I. textit{The Ecclesiastical or Sacred year, began... more » on the first day of the month textit{Nisan, corresponding to about the middle of March, this being the time when the Jews departed out of Egypt (see sect. 97). From this month textit{Nisan, or textit{Abib, the Jews computed their feasts, and the prophets also occasionally dated their oracles and visions. II. textit{The Civil year began on the first day of the month textit{Tisri, from a traditionary supposition that this was the date of the creation of the world. By this year the Jews computed their jubilees, and dated their contracts, the birth of their children, and the reigns of their kings. textit{Months of the Ecclesiastical textit{and Civil textit{years, compared textit{with our months. Ecclesiastical Year. Civil Year. 1. Nisan or Abib, 7. part of March and April. 2. Jyar or Zif, 8. April and May. 3. Sivan, 9. May and June. 4. Thammuz, 10. June and July. 5. Ah, 11. July and August. 6. Elul, 12. August and September. 7. Tisri, 1. September and October. 8. Marchesvan, 2. October and November. 9. Kisleu or Chisleu, 3. November and December. 10. Thebet, 4. December and January. 11. Sebat, 5. January and February. 12. Adar, 6. February and March. As the Jewish years were lunar years, and therefore consisted of only 354 days and 8 hours, they were accommodated to solar years by the addition of a month at the end of the Ecclesiastical year, and this intercalary month, which came after the month Adar, was called Ke-Adar, or the Second Adar. CHRONOLOGY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS RECORDED IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. 1st Period. textit{Patriarchal state,?textit{From the Creation t...« less