Re: [tied] Re: Why borrow 'seven'? (was: IE right & 10)

>From: "Richard Wordingham" <richard.wordingham@...>

>
>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
>wrote:
> > --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Exu Yangi" <exuyangi@...> wrote:
> > No later than Genesis was written down, I suppose, which contains
> > the tern shabbath. Is that too late for the word to spread?
> >
> >
> > >Perhaps not four groups of
> > > seven, but seven groups of four?
> > >
> > Like the seven phases of the moon?

Ahem..you missed a piece. The discussion was about an earlier four day week
(which seems to have pre-dated the 7- day one) in northern and central
Africa. Hence, the seven (yes) four-day weeks which constituted a full lunar
period (roughly).