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"some have speculated that the Jews adopted this after their exile in Babylon in the sixth century B.C." Citation needed. The Torah would clearly put the 7 day
by cheepin 12y ago
"some have speculated that the Jews adopted this after their exile in Babylon in the sixth century B.C."
Citation needed. The Torah would clearly put the 7 day week as one of the earliest doctrines, far before the Babylonian exile.
- blahedo 12y agoFully agreed that citation is needed here, but I thought the Torah was first written down during the exiles (though, to be sure, based on oral tradition that was much older); the given "some have speculated" would be more or less consistent with that.
- dsr_ 12y agoUnless you believe that the Torah was handed down intact on Mount Sinai, it was written between 600 and 400 BCE. Anything before that is, er, hearsay.