Sabbath Origins The Pre-biblical Origins of the Hebrew Shabbat and its derivation from the 2900 B.C. Shuruppak Flood appearing in The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Epic of Atra-Khasis by Walter Reinhold Warttig Mattfeld y de la Torre, M.A. Ed. Original draft: 20 April 1999 Revisions & Updates through 24 July 2009 […]
Sabbath Origins
The Origin of the Sabbath – J. T. Nichols
The Origin of the Sabbath and the 7-Day Week – Sean Pitman
Many, even among those who call themselves Adventists, question the true origin of the Sabbath and of the 7-day weekly cycle. Of course, the Bible claims that God instituted both during the Creation Week described in Genesis. However, critics of the biblical account claim that the seven-day week was actually invented by the Assyrians, or […]