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WHEN WAS JESUS BORN?: M. M. NINAN<br />
CHAPTER ONE<br />
JEWISH CALENDAR<br />
The Jewish calendar is primarily lunar, with each month beginning on<br />
the new moon. In old days when astronomy <strong>was</strong> not perfected,, the<br />
new months used to be determined by observation which <strong>was</strong> declared<br />
by the Sanhedrin on the testimony of two eyewitnesses. This practice is<br />
still used in the middle east by the muslims.<br />
1 lunar month = 29.53059 days<br />
Hebrew lunar calendar, is in fact lunisolar calendars. That is, months<br />
are kept on a lunar cycle, but then intercalary days are added to bring<br />
the lunar cycles in synchronisation with the solar year. In the<br />
wilderness days lunar months were perfect and <strong>was</strong> directly visible to<br />
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