Chronological Antiquities Author:John Jackson 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: Egyptian Tears. Days 3. Atbyr - 30 4. Cbeac 30 S.Tybi - 30- 6. Mecbir . 30 7. Phamenoth 8. Pbarmutbi 9. Pacbon Jo. Panni 3' 30- ... more »So- 30 11. Epipbi 30 12. Mefori . 30 5 Intercalary Days. Sum total 365 began December 27 January 27 . February 27 March. 27 2 7 Auguft 27 September 27 Jewifh Tears. Days 3. Sivan 30 - 4. fbamuz 30 - 5. - 30 - 6. £// 30 - 7.5TV/H 30 - 8. Marcbefuan 30 - 9. Cz/7e 30 - 10. Tebetb 30- 11. Sbebat 30- 12. Adar 30 - 5 Intercalary Days. Itgati "June 26 -July 26 - Auguft 26 - September 26 - ORober 26 -November 26 - December 26 - January 26 - February 26 - March 26 Days Sum total 365 Jewifh Lunar Tear, which commenced with theJEra of the Seleu- cid, and the Syro-Macedonian Empire, to which the Jews were fubjecJ, in the Tear before Chrift 312. Dayt i. Nifan 2 Jaar 3. Sivan 8. Marchefvan 9. CaJJeu 10. Ttbeth 11. Shebat 12. Adar [The next Nifan was 3 29 30 29 30 29 30 29 December January February Itgan 3 28 Total 354 Days. In the intercalary Year the thirteenth Month, cailed Veadar, which was a fecond (42) Adar of 29 Days, was added after Adar, which (42) Qui annus fiebat uno menfe longior, is intercalaris appellabatur; Jed iiullus addebatur unquam anno alius quam mcnfis Adar. Itaque anpu thenthen had 30 Days, and made the Year 3 84 Days. In a Cycle of nineteen Years they muft have feven intercalary Months to bring the 15th of Nifan to the equinodial Point, as the Law required : and therefore if they followed in their lunar Year the Cycle of Meton of nineteen Years, as fome Jeiioifo and many Chrijlian Writers fuppofe, they could keep the Pal...« less