On The Biblical “Hidden” Calendar (original) (raw)

The Cairo Document claims that Israel has lost the true Biblical calendar, but a new community, called the Covenant, has been able to restore it. A Book of the division of Times (Jubilees) is cited as an authority. It displays a “solar” calendar of 52 weeks or 364 days. The year begins on a Wednesday of full moon and equinox, and the days are reckoned from the morning. This matches the Creation week and most Biblical dates, with numbered, unnamed months. However, the natural year contains ca. 365.25 days, but since nothing is said of the necessary adjustment for a perpetual system, we conclude that it was just a literary device, somewhat hidden. The Covenanters were able to restore it in awkward ways. The starting point was on Wednesday, March 23rd, 156 BCE, with equinox and full moon, an exceptional occurrence.