01-30-2009, 09:35 PM
claud Wrote:Shlama Akhi Phil,I'm going to get back with you on this, because I think I can provide such a reference when I'm not hurrying to get ready for Shabbat. However, for the moment I would like to point out a few things:
Thank you for posting the lexicon references that show that sabbath can mean week. It is interesting to note that the reference to week is always number 2, it is never incorporated as part of the original definition which suggests this is a second meaning, a meaning which has evolved over time. This is why I asked for a biblical reference, as I believe at the time of the gospels there was no such meaning attached, I could of course be wrong and I remain open to persuasion.
If this was "at the beginning of the Sabbath" as you suggest, then why do some accounts say "before dawn" since the beginning of Shabbat would be in the evening? Why were the women going to the tomb on Shabbat? Wouldn't that be a violation of Shabbat?
Just one more thing. A reference from the TN"K will not actually apply in this case. It would be anachronistic to apply a useage from Ezra's time to usage in Yeshua's time. It would be even worse to apply something from longer ago like Daniel or Genesis to his time period. So to restrict this to asking for a Scriptural reference is not best. Let's rather look for a contemporary reference.