ANTH 1210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Rosh Hashanah, Hebrew Calendar, James Ussher

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1210
• Professor: Haskel J.Greenfield

Document Summary

Different ages (characterized by presence of g-d"s on the earth) Scale of nature: species can be grouped into more and more general categories. Upper end of scale had main groups (birds, fish, reptiles, mammals, etc) Lower end had species (dog, cat, eagle, etc) Life created by g-d (life created perfectly and in present form) . Fixity of species: life forms were fixed and immutable/unchangeable (concept dominated thought on the history of life until mid-19th century) . Archbishop of armagh (north ireland): advocate of fixity of species. Used: book of genesis, determined when universe created. Early editions of king james version of bible (still occasionally found in use) . Rosh hashana: first and second days of month of tishrei date of creation. Renaissance attack: age of exploration - explorers discover exotic life forms . New peoples, animals and plants: absence from bible had to be explained (not in the new or old testament) .