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The Reform of the Calendar Alexander Philip,Professor Emeritus of Post-Biblical Jewish Literature Alexander Philip No preview available - 2015 |
The Reform of the Calendar Alexander Philip,Professor Emeritus of Post-Biblical Jewish Literature Alexander Philip No preview available - 2018 |
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1st Trimestre 28 days 2d Trim 31 days 31st December 4th Trim adopted advantages appointed arrangements astronomical calculation calendar month calendar reform calendrial CHAPTER Church civilised commencing constant contain correspondence Council of Nice day in leap disturbance doubt Easter date ecclesiastical authorities engagements fact favour February fixed four quarters fraction full moon Gregorian Calendar Gregorian reform Hanin holidays inconvenience intercalation introduced irregularities January Jewish Julian Calendar Julius Cæsar Leap Day length lunar lunar phase mean solar day memorising ment Metonic cycle month day monthly calendar monthly enumeration months of 28 MTWTFS nature object observed ordinary organisation Passover Perpetual Adjustable Calendar perpetual calendar present calendar present writer Professor Grosclaude proposals quarterly period question reason recognised result Roman Roman Calendar scheme scientific simplification Simplified Calendar Sunday symmetrical calendar three months time-tables tion tropical vernal equinox week day weekly whilst
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Page 34 - Every body continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, except in so far as it is compelled to change that state by a force impressed upon it.
Page 74 - And I find by calculation, the only passover full moon that fell on a Friday, for several years before or after the disputed year of the crucifixion, was on the 3d day of April, in the 4746th year of the Julian period, which was the 490th year after Ezra received the abovementioned commission from Artaxerxes Longimanus, according to Ptolemy's canon...
Page 62 - Now, as regards the religious question I have a few words to say. It is obvious that what we are asking does not go against any religious conviction; we respect all convictions; but we hold that all religions are interested to have a uniform calendar and can so arrange it.
Page 74 - ... Ezra received the abovementioned commission from Artaxerxes Longimanus, according to Ptolemy's canon, and the year in which the Messiah was to be cut off, according to the prophecy, reckoning from the going forth of that commission or commandment : and this 490th year was the 33d year of our Savior's age, reckoning from the vulgar era of his birth ; but the 37th, reckoning from the true era thereof.
Page 101 - I got an ordinary calendar with the day of the week and the day of the month...
Page 74 - ... equinox. Therefore, there could not be two passovers on the same day of the week, within the compass of a few neighboring years. And I find by calculation, the only passover full moon that fell on a Friday, for several years before or after the disputed year of the crucifixion, was on the 3d day of April, in the 4746th year of the Julian period...
Page 74 - ... to year, and is to this extent attractive. But it has the great disadvantage of introducing discontinuity at the very point where continuity has been preserved in the face of many other changes. The week can boast a most ancient lineage, uninterrupted by the slightest break. Prejudice in its favor must be anticipated, and weighty reasons must be adduced if this feeling is to be overcome.
Page 74 - Now the success of a calendar reform depends upon its being accepted with practical unanimity. Those who object to the interruption by one day annually of the weekly succession have frequently invited advocates of the reform to confine their attention to the months.
Page 48 - Various suggestions have been put forward as to the origin of the week.
Page 75 - The opinions we have quoted clearly show that this advice should be accepted.