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Legacy of Noah

 On Legends

There are several legends about Noah:
  1. Ordaining the 4 Holidays 
  2. Ordaining the 7 Noahide laws 
  3. Retiring on the Isle of Create 
  1. Retiring in China 
  2. Being buried on Mount Ararat next to the Ark. 

The Four Holidays
 In Jubilees chapter 6, Noah decreed that four holidays be commemorated. The new moons of the 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th months. These would be the turn of the seasons. The Celts kept the new moon holidays (Esbat's) but also observed the full moons in the middle of the seasons (Sabbat's). It also says God consecrated the feast of weeks. Here is a Partial chart of the seasons, this my help in determining the origins of the others.

Jewish Civil 
Calendar		 Modern 
Calendar		 Celtic 
Calendar		 Events
Tishrei
1st Month
(7th sacred)		 Fall Equinox
Sept. 21		 Mabon
New Moon of Sept.-Oct.		 1st, Told to make an Ark Jub 6:23 
1st, The Earth became visible Jub 5:28
1st, Land became dry and he opened the Ark Gen 8:13; Jub 6:23
1st, Noah became drunk Jub 7:1
1st, Feast of Trumpets (Rosh HaShana) 
10th, Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)
15th-21st, Feast of Tabernacles (Succot)
Heshvan
2nd Month		 Mid-Fall
Oct. 31		 Halloween/ Samhain
Full Moon of Oct.-Nov.		 1st, Noah enters the Ark Jub 5:21
17th,Windows of heaven were opened Gen 7:11;  Jub 5:22
17th,God shut the door to the Ark, start of the 40 days of Rain Jub 5:21 
17th, The earth was dried. Gen 8:14; Jub 5:29 
27th, The animals went out Jub 5:30
Kislev
3rd Month		   Nov.-Dec. 25th-2nd, Feast of Dedication (Hanukah)
28th, 40 days of Noah's rain ends.
Tevet
4th Month		 Winter Solstice
Dec. 21		 Yule
New Moon of Dec.-Jan.		 1st, Floodgates were closed Jub 6:23 
Shvat
5th Month		   Jan.-Feb.  
Adar
6th Month		 Mid-Winter
Feb. 2		 Candlemas/ Imbolc
New Moon of Feb.-March		 14th-15th, Feast of Lots (Purim)
Nisan
7th Month
(1st sacred)		 Spring Equinox
March 21		 Oestara
New Moon of March-April		 1st, Floodgates were opened Jub 6:24 
14th, Passover (Pesach)
15th-21st, Feast of Unleavened Bread
16th, Feast of First-Fruits
17th, Ark rested on Mt. Ararat Gen 8:4 
Iyar
8th Month		 Mid-Spring
May 1		 Beltaine
Full Moon of April-May		  
Sivan
9th Month
(3rd sacred)		   New Moon of May-June 1st, Noachian covenant, Rainbow set in the clouds Jub 5:27 
6th-7th, Feast of Pentecost (Shavuot)
Tamuz
10th Month		 Summer Solstice
June 21		 New Moon of June-July 1st, Mountains appeared Gen 8:5 & Jub 5:28,6:26
Av
11th Month		 Mid-Summer
July 31		 Litha
Full Moon of July-Aug.		  
Elul
12th Month		      

See also: The Two Jewish Calendars below. Visit Earth Calendar for a current calendar.

The 7 Noahide Laws
The 7 Noahide Laws were commanded by Noah to all mankind according to the Talmud Sanhedrin 59a. The Ten commandments were for Israel alone.

  1. Do not worship Idols
    Worship one God alone.
  2. Do not commit Blasphemy
    Cursing the name of G-d is forbidden. We must Honor and respect God in our speech.
  3. Do not Murder
    death penalty for those who kill, administered if there is one testifying eye witness. 
  4. Do not commit Sexual sins
    Incest, adultery, bestiality, homosexuality, and rape
  1. Do not Steal
  2. Do not Eat flesh cut from a living animal
    Ethical treatment of animals, eating blood
  3. Establish courts of Justice
    A just social order to enforce the first six laws and enact any other useful laws or customs.

March 20, 1990 President George Bush signed into law a historic Joint Resolution of both Houses of Congress recognizing the Seven Noahide Laws as the "bedrock of society from the dawn of civilization" and urged our country to "return the world to the moral and ethical values contained in the Seven Noahide Laws" (H.J. Res. 104, Public Law 102-4).

Notice: In Deut 14:21 Jews can't eat meat from a strangled animal but they can sell it to gentiles, but in Acts 15 Gentile Christians can't eat it either.

Isle of Create 
The Legend of Noah retiring on the Isle of Create is based mainly on a rough interpretation of the Epic of Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh (Nimrod), in an effort to obtain immortality, travels to Lebanon seeking the one man (Noah) who survived the Flood. Nimrod is told by a prostitute that Noah's son lives in Jerusalem. Traveling to Jerusalem he meets Shem and is told Noah lives on the Isle of create, spending his days designing new ships. Nimrod then persuades Shem to take him to visit Noah. When he meets Noah on the Isle of Create Nimrod is told the whole story about the flood and the one true God.

China
The Legend of Noah retiring in China is a popular story from the peoples of that region (China, Tibet, Mongolia ect). 
No other documentation is available.

Buried on Mount Ararat
Being buried on Mount Ararat next to the Ark is another story from the peoples in the area surrounding Mount Ararat. 
No other documentation is available.

The Two Jewish Calendars

Name of Month

Corresponds With  

Number of Days

Civil Calendar

Sacred Calendar

TISHRI

Sept-Oct.

30 days

1st

7th

HESHVAN

Oct-Nov.

29 or 30

2nd

8th

KISLEV

Nov-Dec.

290130

3rd

9th

TEBETH

Dec-Jan.

29

4th

10th

SHEBAT

Jan-Feb.

30

5th

11th

ADAR

Feb-Mar

29 or 30

6th

12th

NISAN

Mar-Apr

30

7th

1st

IYAR

Apr-May

29

8th

2nd

SIVAN           

May-June

30

9th

3d

TAMMUZ

June-July

29

10th

4th

AB

July-Aug.

30

11th

5th

ELUL

Aug.-Sept.

29

12th

6th

  

Civil Calendar
Official calendar of kings, childbirth, and contracts.

Sacred Calendar
From which festivals were computed.

The New Moon is the 1st of the Month
The Full Moon is the 15th of the Month

 

www.biblefacts.org Date: 11-2001