In Judaism there is a harmony and dynamic understanding of time and space that is contrary to the Greek stasis (being), and its offspring, the current Western and Christian civilizations. The Judaic month and moon are connected: the word “month” is derived from the word “moon”; the beginning of the Jewish day is sundown, which is observable rather than just mandated. The observed calendar is like looking at God’s watch, with its days, months, seasons and years. The time period of the week and its seven days does not correlate to anything in nature. It can be understood only by the acknowledgment of the primacy of the Sabbath day.

Sacred Seasons of Hashem, a riveting two part lecture presented by Dr. James D. Tabor, Professor and Chair of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, discusses the correlation between sanctified time and space in the Tanach (Bible), and God’s promise to mankind.