Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu (Garance A. Drosehn) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Sabbath Before Sinai Message-ID: Date: 9 Jun 91 18:32:06 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 14 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu jclark@sdcc6.ucsd.edu (John Clark) writes: [...skipping the real point of his comments...] > > The significant facts for 7 are > 28 Moon cycle, 4 7-day Quarters of the Moon cycle, 52 7-day > groups for a solar year. 52 has the property that 5+2=7. Note that "52" only has that property with Arabic numbering. Not sure what numbering systems other people used, but 52 doesn't have that property with roman numerals, for instance... :-) - - - - - - - - Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@rpi.edu or gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu