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mojobadshah
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I've been doing a little investigation into Bob X's theory that it was the Chaldaeans, the strict 7 day week, and Genesis.
Dividing the week into 7 days was a common practice among the ancients, not just the Chaldaeans. I have no idea where BX came up with the idea that the Chaldeans observed a STRICT 7 day week. It looks to me that even during Cyrus's day they had three 7 day weeks and one alternating 8 or 9 day week to end it off.
The ancients also observed the size and motion of the celestial orbs and numbered them as such 1. sun 2. moon 3. Saturn 4. Jupiter 5. Mars 6. Venus 7. Mercury (biggest sun and moon and slowest moving to fastest). The Zoroastrian calendar shows this. Ahuramazda the creator's day is 1st and his day is followed by the 6 Amesha Spentas or Archangels.
Genesis, on the other hand numbers the celestial orbs as such:
1. Sun 2. moon 5. Mars 7. Mercury 4. Jupiter 6 Venus 3. Saturn. It's ALL OUT OF WHACK. There is no logic to it that I can see. It does however align with the days of the Julian Calendar which was instituted in c50CE.
1. Solis "sun" 2. Lunae "moon" 3. Martis (Mars) 4. Mercurii (Mercury) 5. Jovis (Jupiter) 6. Veneris (Venus) 7. Saturni (Saturn)
One interesting fact about both the Zoroastrian and Hebrew cosmologies is that man was created 6th, on the day of Venus, which is intact in the Julian Calendar. Go figure....
Dividing the week into 7 days was a common practice among the ancients, not just the Chaldaeans. I have no idea where BX came up with the idea that the Chaldeans observed a STRICT 7 day week. It looks to me that even during Cyrus's day they had three 7 day weeks and one alternating 8 or 9 day week to end it off.
The ancients also observed the size and motion of the celestial orbs and numbered them as such 1. sun 2. moon 3. Saturn 4. Jupiter 5. Mars 6. Venus 7. Mercury (biggest sun and moon and slowest moving to fastest). The Zoroastrian calendar shows this. Ahuramazda the creator's day is 1st and his day is followed by the 6 Amesha Spentas or Archangels.
Genesis, on the other hand numbers the celestial orbs as such:
1. Sun 2. moon 5. Mars 7. Mercury 4. Jupiter 6 Venus 3. Saturn. It's ALL OUT OF WHACK. There is no logic to it that I can see. It does however align with the days of the Julian Calendar which was instituted in c50CE.
1. Solis "sun" 2. Lunae "moon" 3. Martis (Mars) 4. Mercurii (Mercury) 5. Jovis (Jupiter) 6. Veneris (Venus) 7. Saturni (Saturn)
One interesting fact about both the Zoroastrian and Hebrew cosmologies is that man was created 6th, on the day of Venus, which is intact in the Julian Calendar. Go figure....