- 1 opinions on the first to be considered a week seven days
- 2 Roman calendar
- 3 The original name for the days of the week
- 4 Beginning of the week
- 5 References
Opinions about the first to be considered a week seven days
According to the Torah, which estimated the time of creation to be seven days, some link the original consideration of the week with seven days to the ancient Jews, as it states that God created the universe in six days and sat on the seventh day on the throne, but there is other evidence that indicates that the Jews borrowed the idea of the week from Mesopotamia, because the Sumerians and Babylonians divided the months into weeks, and divided the week into seven days. [1]Roman calendar
Became seven days a week , part of the Roman calendar in 321 AD, and was carrying orbs names as follows: the sun, the moon, Mars, Mercury, and Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn, they believed that the rotation of the planets around the Earth affect the events, and adopted the majority of Western European countries Roman designations, then four of them were later replaced by the names of the Roman deities, [2] and the Roman calendar was not adopted on the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, for the first day of the holiday was called Domingo, which is a Latin word meaning the day of the Lord, and the second day is called Sabado, a Hebrew word meaning Saturday He is yo Rest. [3]The origin of the naming of the days of the week
The table below shows the origin of the naming for the days of the week [4] :Today | Etymology |
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Sunday | the sun |
Monday | the moon |
Tuesday | It was called Teo, the god of war, and it is the name of Ibn Odin |
Wednesday | It was called Religion. |
Thursday | He was called Thor, the god of thunder and heaven, and the name of the eldest son of Odin. |
Friday | He was called Freej, the god of love and fertility, and the name of Odin's wife. |
Saturday | It is named Saturn, the Roman god of agriculture and fertility. |
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