Warning: Religious Thread

[rabbitearbandicoot]

Does anyone know how the Jewish Year is calculated - I believe this year is 5775. It is supposed to be since Creation?

[evil_akuma_2002]

Smart move, Rabbit. Putting a warning in the thread topic. It's not however, an offensive issue.

And yes, this will be the year 5775 in the Jewish calendar. And again, yes - since 'creation'.

[imastawka]

Dare I say it?

lionofjudah would know

[evil_akuma_2002]

Or BELIEVE he knows...

[id-to-post-anything]

yes it is currently 5775 and is counted from Creation

[fourandsixpants]

....whom and how was the date of Creation pin pointed?

[id-to-post-anything]

tradition........it hasnt been calulated backwards, its been passed down through the generations

having said that, if you go through the biblical records, you could work it out exaclty

[rabbitearbandicoot]

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@id-to-post-anything wrote:

tradition........it hasnt been calulated backwards, its been passed down through the generations

having said that, if you go through the biblical records, you could work it out exaclty

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I did it few years back - using x was y years old and he begat z etc ... can't remember what I got up to but it was more than 5775 - I think over 6,000. I'll look back through my stuff and see if I can find it.

so, 5775 years from what part of creation? 

[id-to-post-anything]

thats a lot of hard work --goodness.

Now that I think about it, there are charts of how long each of those people lived for and what year it was.

re the current year,so, its slightly complicated.

According to Jewish Tradition:

the first full Jewish year, started on day 6 (Friday), when mankind was created.

so , the first year went from Sunday to Thursday and only had 5 days.

Whether the first 5 days is called year 0 or year 1, is disputed by the Jewish Sages, but at any rate, we're only out 1 year either way.

[black*poppy]

It was calculated by a priest called Usshar who went back through all the begats through the bible and pinpointing key dates. Hence the birth of Young Earth Creationism