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'''High Sabbaths''', in [[Christian]] and [[Messianic Jewish]] usage, are seven annual Biblical [[festival]]s and rest days, recorded in the books of [[Leviticus]] and [[Deuteronomy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blueletterbible.org/faq/crux.cfm|publisher=Blue Letter Bible|work=Theological FAQs|title=After the Crucifixion: The Three Days and the Three Nights}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Holidays/Spring_Holidays/First_Fruits/first_fruits.html|title=Reshit Katzir: Messiah as the Beginning of the Harvest|author=Parsons, John J|publisher=Hebrew for Christians}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=FAQ: Is a 'high day' a weekly Sabbath?|work=Sabbath.org|url=http://www.sabbath.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Basics.FAQ/ID/169/Is-high-day-weekly-Sabbath.htm|publisher=Church of the Great God}}</ref> This is an extension of the term "'''high day'''" found in the [[King James Version]] at {{Bibleverse||John|19:31-42|KJV}}. |
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The term '''High Sabbaths''' is used by some Christians to refer to the Jewish [[High Holy Days]]. There are seven annual Biblical festivals specified in the books of [[Book of Exodus|Exodus]] and [[Deuteronomy]]. |
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==Biblical rest days== |
==Biblical rest days== |
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The seven festivals do not necessarily occur on |
The seven festivals do not necessarily occur on weekly ''[[Shabbat]]'' ([[seventh-day Sabbath]]) and are called by the name ''miqra'' ("called assembly") in Hebrew ({{Bibleverse||Lev.|23}}). They are observed by Jews and a minority of Christians. Three of them occur in spring: the first and seventh days of [[Pesach]] ([[Passover (Christian holiday)|Passover]]), and [[Shavuot]] ([[Pentecost]]). Four occur in fall, in the seventh month, and are also called ''shabbaton'': [[Rosh Hashanah]] ([[Feast of Trumpets (Christian holiday)|Trumpets]]); [[Yom Kippur]], the "Sabbath of Sabbaths" ([[Day of Atonement (Christian holiday)|Atonement]]); and the first and eighth days of [[Sukkoth]] ([[Feast of Tabernacles (Christian holiday)|Tabernacles]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=The Seven Sabbaths of the Year|author=White, Lew|work=Fossilized Customs|url=http://www.fossilizedcustoms.com/SEVENANNUALSABBATHS.htm}}</ref> Sometimes the word ''shabbaton'' is extended to mean all seven festivals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.feastsofthelord.com/ss/live/index.php?action=getpage&sid=204&pid=2189|publisher=Feasts of the Lord|title=The Festival of Unleavened Bread (Hag HaMatzah)|work=The Seven Festivals of the Messiah|author=Chumney, Eddie}}</ref> |
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The [[Gospel of John]] says of the night immediately following [[Christ]]'s burial that "that sabbath day was a high day" ({{ |
The [[Gospel of John]] says of the night immediately following [[Christ]]'s burial that "that sabbath day was a high day" ({{Bibleverse-nb||John|19:31-42|KJV}}). That night was Nisan 15, the first day of Passover week ([[Unleavened Bread]]) and an annual ''miqra'' and rest day, in most chronologies. (In other systems, it was Nisan 14, i.e., weekly but not annual Sabbath.) The [[King James Version]] may thus be the origin of naming the annual rest days "High Sabbaths" in English. |
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The phrase "high Sabbath" has been defined by Danny ben Gigi, former professor of Hebrew Language at [[Arizona State University]], as synonymous with "''[[Shabbat Hagadol]]''", whichever ''Shabbat'' precedes Passover in any year.{{Fact|date=June 2009}} This viewpoint is based on the absence of references in [[Torah]] that refer to feast days as "high", although it is harder to reconcile strictly with [[New Testament]] chronology. |
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Revision as of 18:16, 18 December 2012
High Sabbaths, in Christian and Messianic Jewish usage, are seven annual Biblical festivals and rest days, recorded in the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy.[1][2][3] This is an extension of the term "high day" found in the King James Version at John 19:31–42.
Biblical rest days
The seven festivals do not necessarily occur on weekly Shabbat (seventh-day Sabbath) and are called by the name miqra ("called assembly") in Hebrew (Lev. 23). They are observed by Jews and a minority of Christians. Three of them occur in spring: the first and seventh days of Pesach (Passover), and Shavuot (Pentecost). Four occur in fall, in the seventh month, and are also called shabbaton: Rosh Hashanah (Trumpets); Yom Kippur, the "Sabbath of Sabbaths" (Atonement); and the first and eighth days of Sukkoth (Tabernacles).[4] Sometimes the word shabbaton is extended to mean all seven festivals.[5]
The Gospel of John says of the night immediately following Christ's burial that "that sabbath day was a high day" (19:31–42). That night was Nisan 15, the first day of Passover week (Unleavened Bread) and an annual miqra and rest day, in most chronologies. (In other systems, it was Nisan 14, i.e., weekly but not annual Sabbath.) The King James Version may thus be the origin of naming the annual rest days "High Sabbaths" in English.
High Holy Days
The ten-day period between the High Sabbaths of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur inclusive is commonly referred to as the High Holy Days.
References
- ^ "After the Crucifixion: The Three Days and the Three Nights". Theological FAQs. Blue Letter Bible.
- ^ Parsons, John J. "Reshit Katzir: Messiah as the Beginning of the Harvest". Hebrew for Christians.
- ^ "FAQ: Is a 'high day' a weekly Sabbath?". Sabbath.org. Church of the Great God.
- ^ White, Lew. "The Seven Sabbaths of the Year". Fossilized Customs.
- ^ Chumney, Eddie. "The Festival of Unleavened Bread (Hag HaMatzah)". The Seven Festivals of the Messiah. Feasts of the Lord.