Friday, June 03, 2005
Religious Etymology
Cursory examination shows us that Sabbatical shares a common root with Sabbath. Further research exposes that the common root is the Hebrew sabbat, which means to cease or rest. Christians know that the Sabbath is the first day, on which you must rest. If you're Jewish, the Sabbath is the seventh day, but you still have to rest.
Did you know that the concept of the Sabbatical comes from the Torah/Bible as well? The Good Book commands that the fields were to be left uncultivated during the seventh year, and the seventh year is still celebrated as the Jubilee. Sooo, DoubleClick is off by a couple of years, but it balances out because we only get a month off, not the whole year like those lucky fallow fields.
So why my sudden interest in the etymology and history of the Sabbatical? Well, it's just important that Mary, and everyone else, understands that this is a truly religious undertaking and it isn't to be cheapened with lots of profane errands and trivial chores. Now, back to http://www.createfarts.com/ (which isn't nearly as classy as the original createafart.com, but they're no longer around)
Did you know that the concept of the Sabbatical comes from the Torah/Bible as well? The Good Book commands that the fields were to be left uncultivated during the seventh year, and the seventh year is still celebrated as the Jubilee. Sooo, DoubleClick is off by a couple of years, but it balances out because we only get a month off, not the whole year like those lucky fallow fields.
So why my sudden interest in the etymology and history of the Sabbatical? Well, it's just important that Mary, and everyone else, understands that this is a truly religious undertaking and it isn't to be cheapened with lots of profane errands and trivial chores. Now, back to http://www.createfarts.com/ (which isn't nearly as classy as the original createafart.com, but they're no longer around)
# posted by Steve @ 9:42 PM 
