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Headword: *sa/bbaton
Adler number: sigma,5
Translated headword: sabbath
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
"The seventh day used to coincide with the cyclic span of the week -- the Roman [calendar] honoring the day a respite from toils, out of respect for holiness."[1] But instead of 'Roman' write Jewish.[2]
"The sabbath was a day of rest; but they used to engage in spiritual work to a greater extent."[3]
Greek Original:
*sa/bbaton: e(bdo/mh h(me/ra e)tu/gxane tou= kuklikou= diasth/matos th=s e(bdoma/dos, tou= *(rwmai+kou= th\n h(me/ran gerai/rontos, po/nwn a)na/paulan, ai)doi= tou= seba/smatos. a)nti\ de\ *(rwmai+kou= *)ioudai+kou= grapte/on. a)rgi/an de\ ei)=xe to\ sa/bbaton: a)lla\ th\n pneumatikh\n e)rgasi/an pollaplasi/ona e)pete/loun.
Notes:
cf. sigma 6, sigma 7.
[1] An abbreviation of Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 2.2.6-7.
[2] A comment on the preceding quotation.
[3] Theodoret (PG 80.1616b) on Psalm 91:1 LXX (where the phrase "the day of the Sabbath" occurs).
Keywords: Christianity; chronology; definition; historiography; religion
Translated by: Alex Gottesman on 13 November 2002@15:07:43.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (modified translation, added notes and keyword) on 13 November 2002@17:40:22.
David Whitehead (modified translation; added keyword; cosmetics) on 14 November 2002@03:09:03.
David Whitehead (another keyword; cosmetics) on 3 May 2011@07:52:54.
David Whitehead (tweaks; raised status) on 19 June 2011@06:43:22.
David Whitehead (coding etc.) on 25 May 2016@08:47:13.

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