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Sunday: see Sabbath Sabbath [Heb.,=repose], in Judaism, last day of the week (Saturday), observed as a rest day for the twenty-five hours commencing with sundown on Friday. In the biblical account of creation (Gen. 1) the seventh day is set as a Sabbath to mark God's rest after his work. ..... Click the link for more information. ; week week, period of time shorter than the month, commonly seven days. The ancient Egyptians used a 10-day period, as did the French under the short-lived French Revolutionary calendar . ..... Click the link for more information. . Sunday the first day of the week and the Christian day of worship How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Harline covers this span of time by first describing in a prologue the development and eventual Christianizing of Sun Day between 600 BC and AD 800. The Greeks matched days with planets: Saturn Day, Sun Day, and so on. By the fourth century, with Christianity ascendant, things shook out in such a way that the first day of the week would be called Sun Day (Roman), and that it would be a day of rest (Jewish), but not complete rest (too Jewish). |
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