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To: SunkenCiv

If the Qumran community had survived to the present, they would have gained 6 years on the Roman calendar...so they would have celebrated Passover, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Hanukkah six extra times.


11 posted on 02/12/2018 9:07:57 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

Looks like, as I read it, they had an extra day inserted annually; that would cover it, as long as they added a second leap day every fourth year, or as necessary, when it started getting out of whack.

52 7 day weeks, and an extra non calendrical “year day”, with the occasional “double year day” tossed in.

sort of like: Sunday, March 19th; Monday, March 20th; Equinox Day/New Year Day; (Leap Day, if needed); Tuesday, March 21st; ...


25 posted on 02/12/2018 10:11:30 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!�)
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