How It Came About: From Saturday to Sunday
Scholars have long debated how the first day of the week—Sunday—came to be adopted by a majority of Christians as the day of rest and worship in place of the Biblically-prescribed, seventh-day Sabbath. (In Hebrew, the seventh day is called Shabbat from which the English word Sabbath is derived).
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
Journals Online & Print: | |
Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
Published: |
Biblical Archaeology Society
1978
|
In: |
The Biblical archaeology review
Year: 1978, Volume: 4, Issue: 3 |
Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
Summary: | Scholars have long debated how the first day of the week—Sunday—came to be adopted by a majority of Christians as the day of rest and worship in place of the Biblically-prescribed, seventh-day Sabbath. (In Hebrew, the seventh day is called Shabbat from which the English word Sabbath is derived). |
---|---|
ISSN: | 0098-9444 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: The Biblical archaeology review
|