Amaleq13

Source?

Species8472

Many points are directly contradicted by the wikipage on Hebrew.

IamJoseph

Fine. But you cannot deny where it is first recorded.

IamJoseph

Wiki is a bad source for anything to do with Israel, with numerous legal actions pending. Wiki calls Judea as Palestine - before that term was placed on Judea in 70 CE. And the Islamists deny Judea and its temple ever existed - even as the Arabs were in the front rows destroying that temple. This makes Jesus a Palestinian - even tho he died 40 years before 70 CE! Like the European media - Wiki supports where more business can came from - that's hardly a bona fide medium for history. Try the Britania instead - and pay for your knowledge.

Species8472

Where is it first recorded then? And when?
Sumerians used it when the Hebrews were in Babylon, which is when they first started to use it.

Species8472

I fail to see the relevance between the current conflict between Israel and Palestine and the origin of the hebrew language.

In any case, the great thing about wikipedia is that if you have more correct information, you are free to edit the wikipage. The article is not labeled as contested, so unless it has been recently vandalized, there is no reason to assume it is all lies.

IamJoseph

If there is a sumerian document which mandates 1 day of rest from work - then that position wins - this does not reduce in any way the Hebrew, which came separately from babylon. I think Babylon was different from Egypt, whereby there was more freedoms there for the people as opposed Egypt. The Hebrew mandates a specific day of the week as different [santified = separate] from all other days, with regard business and labor, which means one must strive to make it a varied. This is very beneficial for family and health. The Gospels' dismissing this command is totally elligimate - so it becomes surprising it villified the jews who disagreed.

IOW: 'You shall not live by bread alone' [Moses]

premjan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven-day_week#Sumerians
Take a look, they clearly celebrated every seventh day as a holy day. It might be where Hebrews got the idea. The word they used for their rest day was nearly the same as "sabbath".

IamJoseph

Wiki does not.

It also means anyone, even the unscholarly, can paste and edit, without evidence. In fact, Wiki uses this premise to excuse itself from 1000s of eronous inclusions.

premjan

Well if you think the Sumerians did not have a sabbath, post another source that shows they didn't.