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Re: Weeks



At 02:34 PM 4/9/01 -0500, Gary Karshner wrote:
The week is Babylonian, along with seconds and minutes.
They used a lunar calendar with the months starting when you could first
see a fingernail crescent moon. Each week corresponds to about one lunar
phase (new, first quarter, full, last quarter).

What's the evidence for this?

Evidence to the contrary is easy to find:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/khagen/Babylon.html