Talk:Elul

Nonconformity in this article?
All of the rest of the articles on the Jewish months follow a particular format, and this one month in particular breaks the format. Should we tag this article as not following standards? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.98.168.233 (talk) 19:02, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Annunciation
The Annunciation article mentions Mary was told she had conceived in the 6th month. Isn't that this month? Did it correspond to March 25th in 1 BCE? 97.85.185.160 (talk) 05:29, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

The Annunciation article states that 'the Annunciation occurred "in the sixth month" of Elizabeth's pregnancy with John the Baptist', but the text of Luke's Gospel simply says "in the sixth month" (εν δε τω μηνι τω εκτω), which is capable of being read as either the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, following directly from the previous periscope, or the sixth month of the year (i.e. Elul). Some translations e.g. Good News Translation force an interpretation as 'the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy ...', the Jerusalem Bible adds a footnote 'i.e. from Elizabeth's conception', and similarly the French Bible du Semeur states 'Six mois plus tard' (six months later) thus hiding the ambiguity. There is a later section in Luke's Gospel in which Gabriel made known to Mary that Elizabeth had then been pregnant for sixth months (Luke 1:36) but of course there is no reason why the sixth month of her pregnancy should not have coincided with the sixth month of the year. Luke 1:24 refers to an unspecified period of time between Zechariah's departure from Jerusalem following his temple service (when he had been told Elizabeth would become pregnant) and the time when her son John was conceived, so any calculations based on the time of year when Zechariah or the eighth division of priestly service (1 Chron. 24:10) would have been in attendance at the Temple are unlikely to be helpful. As a consequence no-one seems to have drawn out any significance for Mary of the sixth month as a month of reflection and preparation (see main article). Is anyone aware of writings which treat 'the sixth month' as a reference to the month of Elul? BobKilcoyne (talk) 07:41, 4 January 2015 (UTC)

Common Ancestry?
"reflecting the common ancestry of the Hebrew and Arabic languages"

How? Hebrew and Arabic split up LONG before the Babylonian Exile. The word is a loan from east-Semitic and Arabic probably got it from the Bible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.12.160.212 (talk) 23:02, 1 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Anybody have an idea what this post is referring to? The quoted words are not in this article. Debresser (talk) 20:33, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Which events belong on the list - and which don't
There is a to-the-point discussion here (Cheshvan talkpage). Please take a look before adding items. You are most welcome to contribute. Thank you, Arminden (talk) 12:52, 11 August 2020 (UTC)