| |
| | New Year |
 | | The regnal New Year, by which the reigns of kings were reckoned, is usually believed to have begun in the month of Nisan (spring) in Israel, and in Tishri (autumn) in Judah throughout the greater part of the monarchical period. |
 | | They have rather insisted that the New Year celebrations are only one aspect (albeit, for most scholars of this opinion, the most important aspect) of the regular autumn Festival of Ingathering, or, in one or two opinions, of the spring Festival of Passover. |
 | | Prominent among the rituals was the bringing forth of the statue of Horus from his temple to be exposed to the rays of the sun, a reuniting of the soul of the god with his body. |
| www.shef.ac.uk /~biblst/Department/Staff/BibsResearch/DJACcurrres/Postmodern1/NewYear.html (1542 words) |
|