Bibliography: BIB17826

Key	BIB17826
Reference type	Book
Title	The Seven Day Circle : The History and Meaning of the Week
Author	Zerubavel, Eviatar
Year	1985
Publisher	Free Press ; Collier Macmillan
Place published	New York ; London
Issue	10.
ISBN	0029346800 9780029346808
Abstract	Sociologist Eviatar Zerubavel notes that the 19-day cycle creates a distinctive rhythm which enhances group solidarity. Furthermore, by finding the closest approximation of the square root of the annual cycle, Baháʼís "have managed to establish the most symmetrical relationship possible between the week and the year, which no one else throughout history has ever managed to accomplish." Zerubavel argues that the 19 day cycle is more properly defined as a week, rather than a month, because it bears "no connection whatsoever" to the lunar cycle [However, he did not note that the Metonic cycle or enneadecaeteris is a period of almost exactly 19 years after which the lunar phases recur at the same time of the year].
Notes	Bahá'í Faith: pp. 48-50. LCCN 85001559. ill. ; 25 cm. Bibliography: p. 172-190. Includes indexes.
Language	English
Keywords	WEEK; CALENDAR
Number of pages	xiv, 206
Call number	CE85 .Z47 1985
Accession number	1913311