Re:The Book of Esther and the Jewish Festival Purim
by schoen on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @06:03PM
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It's true that a lot of theology that we might think is "ancient" or "traditional" isn't really. However, the Jewish year (currently 5777) is widely at least referred to across Jewish denominations.
This reckoning is called לבריאת העולם or Anno Mundi in European cultures and does officially refer to the creation (בריאת). Wikipedia says that the current consensus about this timescale was fixed by Maimonides in 1178 CE.
I should add that writing dates in the Jewish calendar doesn't necessarily imply that one using the calendar personally believes that it literally refers to the age of the world, but most users would probably agree that "Jewish tradition" in some sense has regarded it that way.
This reckoning is called לבריאת העולם or Anno Mundi in European cultures and does officially refer to the creation (בריאת). Wikipedia says that the current consensus about this timescale was fixed by Maimonides in 1178 CE.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_Mundi
I should add that writing dates in the Jewish calendar doesn't necessarily imply that one using the calendar personally believes that it literally refers to the age of the world, but most users would probably agree that "Jewish tradition" in some sense has regarded it that way.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dating_creation#Early_Jewish_e...