Please Note: Articles presented here are authored by scholars and students with diverse perspectives and varying backgrounds of study regarding the calendar and its related subjects. The opinions and conclusions within these works may or may not be in complete agreement with our current understanding of sabbath calendar issues. We encourage you to exercise discernment and always bring any information gleaned from these works to YHWH in prayer to seek His Wisdom. As our dearly departed brother, Brad Scott proclaimed, "God is smarter than we are!"

Archaeology -

discoveries and advancements in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Qumran and the "Holy Land"

• Artifacts Reveal an Ancient Calendar System

[Bill & Karen Bishop]

Beginning of Months -

the new year, equinox and intercalation

• Calendar Intercalation - When and How?

  • The Equinox and Jerusalem Time Data

• Determining the "Beginning of Months"

• Equinox or Equilux - Which Do We Use?

[Bill & Karen Bishop]

Associated SCJ blog entries:

• Keeping the 364-day Calendar Year on Track with the Solar Year - Part 1

• Keeping the 364-day Calendar Year on Track with the Solar Year - Part 2

Creation and the Cycles of Time -

days, weeks, seasons, years and Sabbaths

• A New Year - Declaring the Glory of Yah!

• Conundrum - Is it a problem if a Holy Day falls on a Weekly Sabbath?

• Evening or Morning?

• When Did Y'shua Consider a Day to Begin?

[Bill & Karen Bishop]

Associated SCJ blog entries:

• When Does a Biblical Day Begin?

History -

historical context and studies surrounding the DSS and ancient calendar systems

• The Sons of Zadok, the Hasmonean Royal High Priesthood, and the Book of Ezekiel

[Vasile Babota]

Sabbath Calendar Fundamentals -

calendar elements and how they function

• Conundrum - Is it a problem if a Holy Day falls on a weekly Sabbath?

• Help Me Understand Chodesh and Tekufah - Please!

• Lunar Calendars at Qumran? A Comparative and Ideological Study

[Jonathan Ben-Dov]

[Bill & Karen Bishop]

Scripture and the Sabbath Calendar -

Scriptural studies of the DSS and the calendar

• The 364-day Year in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Jewish Pseudepigrapha

[Jonathan Ben-Dov]

• The Zadok Calendar Controversy and the Calling of the Bride - Part 1

  • Qumran: Our Jewish Roots in Yeshua - The Zadok Calendar Controversy, Part 2

  • Whose Torah Do You Believe? - The Zadok Calendar Controversy, Part 3

[Eddie Chumney]